Oatmeal Walnut And Dried Plum Cookies Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Combine the oats, flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl. In a separate bowl, combine the syrup, oil, vanilla extract, and molasses. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients, and stir to combine. Fold in the dried plums and nuts.
• Using your hands, roll tablespoon-size scoops of dough into balls. Place the balls onto the prepared baking sheet and press down slightly on the balls to flatten the tops. Bake for 8 to 12 minutes or until lightly browned. Transfer cookies to a baking rack to cool completely.
• For variety, replace the all-purpose flour with whole wheat pastry flour, barley flour, spelt flour, or a gluten-free baking mix (choose one that does not include baking soda and baking powder). You can also substitute chocolate chips for the dried fruit and any kind of nuts for the walnuts.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Place sugars and butter in a large bowl. Beat with an electric mixer on low speed until combined. Add applesauce and eggs; mix well until blended, 2 to 3 minutes. Mix in oats, flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Fold in plums and basil.
• Drop dough onto the baking sheets using a tablespoon-sized cookie scoop, spacing cookies 2 inches apart.
• Bake in the preheated oven until cookies are golden and just set, about 10 minutes. Let cool on the baking sheets for 5 minutes before transferring to wire racks.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. (or 325 convection oven). Line 3 cookies sheets with parchment paper.
• Mix all dry ingredients.
• Wisk together wet ingredients.
• Fold in dry to wet and stir until moist. If batter is too dry add a little more applesauce.
• Use small ice cream scoop to make cookies.
• Bake 15 minutes.
• Transfer to baking rack and cool.
• I throw them into a ziploc bag and just grab 2 out of the freezer whenever the mood hits me. I use them for the kids lunches too and they love them!
• VARIATION: I basically make the same recipe but with dairy free chocolate chips instead of walnuts and omit molasses and maple syrup. We live on those! I love stocking up the freezer on Sundays. :).