Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies (King Arthur Flour)

Submitted by senseicheryl

"I recently placed an order with King Arthur Flour and when my order arrived, I received this recipe card. I didn't see it posted yet and it has a few interesting ingredients. "Given kids' affinity for cookies, you might as well temper them with some of the "good stuff" - in this case, oats with their soluble fiber and whole wheat flour with its extra vitamins, minerals and brand. Trust us: the kids won't know they're getting anything "healthy" in their favorite snack!""

 

• Ready In: 22mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Yields: 4 dozen cookies
• Serves: 48

ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup unsalted butter
• 1⁄2 cup vegetable shortening
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1⁄2 cup granulated sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 3⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon cider (or white vinegar)
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 3⁄4 cups white whole wheat flour, King Arthur brand recommended
• 1 cup quick-cooking rolled oats
• 3 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips (or a mixture of your favorite chips, nuts and dried fruit)

directions

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease (or line with parchment) two baking sheets.
2. In a large mixing bowl, beat together the butter, shortening, sugars, vanilla, salt and vinegar. Beat in the egg, then the baking soda, flour and oats. Stir in the chips/nuts/fruit.
3. Drop the dough, by tablespoonfuls, onto the prepared baking sheets. Bake the cookies for 12 to 14 minutes, until they're golden brown; the shorter amount of time for softer cookies, the longer amount for crunchier cookies. Remove the cookies from the oven and cool on a rack.

Reviews

[seayak]

I really love the texture of these cookies.<br/>I used the ingredients I had on hand and therefore made the following changes: all purpose unbleached flour<br/> rolled oats, 3/4cup chopped semi-sweet chocolate, 1/4cup currants, 1/2cup chopped dried cherries, 1/2cup chopped walnuts. Even without the third cup of nuts and chips this recipe could easily make 5 dozen cookies.<br/> I plan to try them again with the whole wheat flour but I will not go over 2cups of chocolate nuts and cherries.