Oatmeal Garden Cookies
"I made these cookies on a whim to use up some produce that was nearing the end of its usable life. They are a spicy dark and flavorful cookie. We were all suprised when they turned out to be our favorite cookies recipe yet!!
You can use whatever garden plenty that you have around: Pumpkin, squash, zucchini..."
- Ready In:
- 33mins
- Ingredients:
- 16
- Yields:
-
4 dozen
ingredients
- 3 cups oatmeal
- 1 1⁄2 cups raisins
- 1 medium zucchini, grated
- 1 medium yellow squash, grated
- 2 small apples, diced
- 1 1⁄2 cups flour
- 1 cup butter
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1⁄8 cup molasses or 1/8 cup honey
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1⁄2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground cloves
directions
- Grate vegetables and dice apples.
- Cream butter, molasses, vanilla, and sugar.
- Add dry ingrediants, adding oatmeal last.
- Then stir vegetables, apples, and raisins by hand.
- Bake as 'drop cookies' at 375 for 11-13 minutes (They may need longer depending on your oven).
- The cookies should have a nice soft interior and a slight crunch to the outside.
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Reviews
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These were a big hit with my friends & family. They couldn't believe everything that was in them. And you don't feel guilty eating them. I will keep this one handy to help use up this summers bounty from the garden. Thank you very, very much for this delicious recipe. -
Delicious! I've made these 4-5 times and while every time they come out different (sometimes bread-like, sometimes cookie-like). This is because I always just throw in however much of the produce that I want. I've never used raisins, or ground cloves for that matter, but they still taste great. -
What a fantastic cookie ! very mosit and chocked full of flavor. Out of the ordinary and a keeper ! This was one of my PAC 08 choices :)
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My husband and I just relocated from Texas to North Carolina for the first big adventure of our married lives. I recently finished my MSEd in Public Health and am waiting to see if I am accepted to a PhD program here in NC. My passions include: traveling, working with my church, painting, and of course cooking! And my addiction...reading food blogs.
I have recently been given the honor of organizing, deciphering, and compiling my great-grandmother's and great-great grandmother and grandfather's recipes into a famliy cookbook. If you have any expertise in this area I'd love to hear your tips.
With this, please note that those recipes that are noted as being from my great-grandmother are frequently merely a list of ingrediants, missing cooking time and temp, etc. I have not made many of these old family recipes, so if you choose to prepare them please help us all by posting the cooking info with your review.
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