Oatmeal has all of these really great health benefits, like being good for your heart and lowering cholesterol. This must mean that oatmeal cookies aren’t bad for you, or at the very least draw even, like celery with peanut butter*.
Lucky for you, this weekend at the Tomato Head we are featuring two different recipes for oatmeal cookies. We’ll be pitting our Flour Head Bakery oatmeal spice cookie against Patti’s infamous oatmeal cookie recipe.
Which one is better? You be the judge by visiting our Facebook page to vote.
I tell you this, you’re going to get to try some top notch baking. Bust out your inner cookie connoisseur and come on down to the Tomato Head this Saturday and Sunday to enjoy an oatmeal cookie-off in the sunshine.
Don’t worry, we’ve got milk too.
In case you’re interested, Patti’s Infamous Oatmeal Cookie recipe looks like this:
1 cup Oats
½ cup Walnuts, Chopped
½ cup Dried Cranberry
¾ cup Flour
½ tsp Salt
½ tsp Baking Soda
½ cup Shortening
½ cup Dark Brown Sugar
¼ cup Sugar
1 Egg
½ tsp Vanilla
In a medium bowl mix together the Oats, Walnuts, Dried Cranberries, Flour, Slat, and Baking Soda.
In a medium bow, or in the bowl of a stand mixer, beat shortening with sugar until creamy. Add egg and vanilla and beat until egg is incorporated. Gradually mix in the flour and oat mixture until all the oats and nuts are mixed into the butter.
Drop by the spoonful onto a parchment lined cookie sheet and bake in a 375-degree oven for 12 minutes, or until lightly browned.
Makes 25 small cookies.
*this claim is not backed by any actual fact, it’s just here to help you feel better about sweets if you need the justification, because we care.
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