I wanted to bake some simple cookies, but didn't want to have to go out and buy chocolate chips or anything (seriously, how do I not have a stash of chocolate chips on hand for spontaneous cookie baking?). I had a bunch of oatmeal but no raisins, so I started looking through recipes. I came across one for Self-Frosting Oatmeal cookies. The directions said to cream sugar with vegetable oil. I've only ever creamed sugar with butter. Butter has a better taste too. So I looked up conversions from oil to butter in cookies. I came across several sites saying pretty much the same thing. Then I came across a site suggesting substituting half the oil for something healthier like applesauce or prune puree. Well, I happened to have applesauce in my fridge, so here's my take on Self-Frosting Oatmeal Cookies.
- 1 cup Sugar
- 1 cup Brown Sugar
- 1/2 cup Applesauce
- 1/2 cup butter softened
- 2 Eggs
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 1 1/2 cups All Purpose Flour
- 1/2 tsp Baking Powder
- 1 tsp Salt
- 2 1/2 cups Rolled Oats
- 1/2 cup Confectioners' Sugar
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| I somehow managed to forget the oats in this picture |
Cream together the first 2 sugars, applesauce and butter. This was hard because the butter was softened, but hardened when mixed with the cold applesauce. Next time I'd like the applesauce sit out a bit and get to room temperature first. Beat in each of the eggs and stir in vanilla.
In a seperate bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, and salt. Stir that into the wet mixture. Next, mix in the oats. Cover, and chill in the fridge for 2 hours while you do your dishes (hopefully it doesn't take you 2 hours to do your dishes, so feel free to do whatever you want with the rest of your time. I enjoy solo dance parties).
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| Want! NOW!!! |
After the 2 hours roll into balls the size of walnuts, and roll in the powdered sugar. Place 2 inches apart on a baking sheet. Bake in an oven preheated to 350 for 8-10 minutes. I'm still getting used to my oven so I started at 6 minutes and checked back every 1 1/2 to 2 minutes. Once their done, let them sit on the pan for 5 minutes, then transfer to a cooling rack.
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| Not all of the sugar melted into "frosting" |
My roommates really like them, but I'm still undecided. One roommate and I decided that next time we'll have to try making them with cinnamon and pieces of apple.
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| Nom nom nom! |
