Eggless Baking ~ Chocolate Chip - Oatmeal Cookies
My pantry auditing prompted me to look for ways to use the leftover oats I had so that I could free some space. And the search led me to this shortbread cookie recipe. What interested me was that the cookies were eggless and had chocolate chips in them. I didn't have to think twice since my daughter loves to eat chocolate chip cookies. I baked some last night for the third day of BM#12 under "Something Sweet" theme. They came out really crunchy.
Ingredients: (Yield 9 cookies)
1/4 cup powdered sugar
2 Tbsp butter, softened (original recipe uses 1/4 cup.)
1/4 cup quick cooking oats
6 Tbsp all purpose flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp vanilla
2 Tbsp milk (or as needed)
6 Tbsp semisweet chocolate chips
Method:
* Preheat oven to 325 deg F / 160 deg C.
* Beat butter and sugar using a electric mixer until light and fluffy. Stir in flour, oats, baking soda and vanilla. Stir in chocolate chips. (The mixture was very dry since I didn't use the recommended amount of butter. I added 2 Tbsp of milk to it to form the dough.)
* Drop dough by tablespoons 2 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet.
* Bake 11 - 13 minutes or until lightly browned.
Note:
1. Regarding the temperature: After reading the reviews, I baked for 10 minutes at 335 deg F. The bottoms started to brown quickly and so I reduced the temperature to 315 deg F and baked for ten minutes more. I therefore think that 325 deg F temperature should work fine.
2. Regarding the time & quantity of cookies: The original recipe recommends to drop the dough by teaspoons and so the quantity will be more than what I got. The baking time of 11 - 13 minutes did not work for me. I baked for about 20 minutes, turned off the oven and let the cookies remian in the oven for 5 minutes more. The cookies came out with a bit darker bottom side but were good.
3. Use the recommended amount of chocolate chips. I used about a little less than 1/4 cup since they appeared to be more than the actual dough quantity. However after baking, I realised that I should have added more.
This goes to
1. Vardhini's Bake Fest, hosted by Pradnya this month.
2. Srivalli's Chocolate Mela
Comments
17 comments:
Wow splendid cookies..I am also planning to bake something with oats. just trying to sort out the contents of my pantry :)
Scrumptious cookies, feel like munching some.
That looks too good Suma..
lovely picture and wonderful recipe too, thanks for linking to the event
Awesome recipe…truly Delicious..Bookmarked
Aarthi
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Fantastic.... crispy looking cookies Suma...
Nice cookies there.Crunchy and yum.
Superb cookies Suma. I am planning to do cookies for my son at home so bookmarked.
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beautifully baked..
Superb cookies, loved it absolute.
They look so divine, so perfect!!
And the best part, no eggs!! Gal, u rock! :)
Looks so very delicious!!!!
Lovely perfect egg-free cookies!
eggless & yet looks so chewy & perfectly baked.. gimme choco chip cookie anytime of the day & i wont sa no :)
Nice cookies...yum
super cookies...love to munch on some...Suma..they look grt!!
they look great and have chocolate: sold!
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