Scottish Oatcake Cookies

"Looking for something reasonably good for you (unlike most cookies), sweet without being overwhelming, delicious but not filled with saturated fats? Try this! I started from a recipe for Scottish oatcakes, and the result is these mildy sweet whole-grain cookies made with fruits, nuts, and tree oils. Enjoy!"
 
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Ready In:
1hr
Ingredients:
14
Yields:
24 cookies
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ingredients

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directions

  • Mix oats, cereal (if used), salt, and baking soda.
  • Mix in nuts and fruit.
  • Separately, beat oil& egg yolks until they are blended.
  • Mix in brown sugar& vanilla.
  • Pour egg mixture into oat mixture and blend into crumbs.
  • Add milk.
  • Stir 3-5 minutes, until the oats soak up most of the milk.
  • Sprinkle 2T flour over the mixture and stir another minute or two until all milk is absorbed.
  • Drop in large clumps on lightly-oiled cookie sheets, one dozen per 15"x10" sheet.
  • Form into 1/4" thick patties.
  • Bake at 350 deg.
  • F for 20 minutes or until they begin to brown.
  • Remove immediately from cookie sheets and let cool.

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Reviews

  1. These were wonderful! I've been looking for a not-too-weet breakfast cookie, and I think this one is it. I did substitute wheat germ for 1/2 cup of the oats, and next time I might add a bit of cinnamon. My taste-testers at work raved about them.
     
  2. I made these with 3 c oats, 1/2 c dried apricots because I didn't have cherries & 1/2 c walnuts--no pecans--to lower fat content some. Also used skim milk. These came out very nice--I like the fact that they're not overwhelmingly sweet, but if you like sweeter I imagine you could up the amount of sugar.
     
  3. These we're pretty good even though I omitted the dried fruit. I think I'll experiment with this one. Cheers Rod.
     
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  1. These were wonderful! I've been looking for a not-too-weet breakfast cookie, and I think this one is it. I did substitute wheat germ for 1/2 cup of the oats, and next time I might add a bit of cinnamon. My taste-testers at work raved about them.
     

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