Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Oatmeal Date Chocolate Cookies

Lynn G. made these for Mom last week. You don't feel quite as guilty as when you scarf down her M&M brownies (which I ate no less than a dozen of the morning of my wedding), but they are nonetheless delicious! She even shared the recipe with us from Health magazine.

Makes 32 cookies.

Preaheat oven to 350. Melt 6 tablespoons unsalted butter in a small saucepan over low heat. Remove from heat and add 3/4 cup packed light brown sugar. Stir until smooth. In a medium bowl, combine 1/3 cup all purpose flour, 1/3 cup whole wheat flour, 3/4 teaspoon baking soda, 1.5 cups regular oats, and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Combine the butter mixture with the dry ingredients, and add 1 lightly beaten egg, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, plus 1 cup chopped pitted dates. Fold in 3 ounces coursely chopped bittersweet chocolate. Mix well and spoon mixture by tablespoon-fulls out onto lightly greased (or silicone baking mat-covered) baking sheets. Bake for 12 minutes, until tops are dry to the touch.

3 comments:

Talbot said...

All of a sudden this blog has turned into to something only for people with couth; you either have to know something about hair fashions or be an extraordinary cook – I’m ZAPPED on both subjects.

But I’m going to give the recipe section a try….

Oignon, laitue, et sandwich à sauce salade

Get two slices of bread that are at room temperature even if it’s not the bread that Susan Eastman and Eric know how to build.

Layout three slices of onion as concentric circles atop one of the slices of bread; be certain that none of the onion slices cantilever or violate the edges of the bread.

Sparingly spot the onions with salad dressing and then quickly cover with a handful of lettuce.

With equal quickness cover the lettuce with the other piece of bread (don’t be concerned if the lettuce violates the edges of the bread….this is perfectly acceptable and within the inherent nature of lettuce.)

Eat the sandwich over the kitchen sink because even a bottle of lumpy Thousand Island Dressing that’s been in the glove compartment of your pick-up truck for fivesix months can drip if it has a mind to do so.

Danielle said...

Oh, so THAT was the secret to your glow at your wedding...3 dozen brownies. I thought it had something to do with a good makeup artist or possibly a case of Veuve Cliquot.

H.F. said...

Good morning ~ thinking of you lovely ladies this morning. I'm having a cup of coffee from Ladurée. Well, really a cup that I made from coffee Mom brought back from Paris but I'm pretending it's the same thing. Wish that we were sitting there having a cup together, eating macaroons & croissants...

So glad things are going well. Liz 2, cancer 0.

xoxo