that starbucks has other things besides coffee...
which in our-not-so-humble-opinion
is not the greatest coffee ever....
my Beau, the boy child and I were there a few weeks ago, waiting for the girl child...
just killing some time and we didn't really want to sit for an hour and drink coffee...
so we ordered a cookie....
.....a giant monstrous cookie!
I'm not a big fan of cookies sold at coffee place...
they're usually dry,
over cooked,
lacking flavor
and horribly overpriced...
well, this one wasn't....
we might not love starbucks coffee...
but HELLO...they got the cookie thing dialed in!
I'm thinking they might want to rethink the whole coffee shop thing and go for a bakery...
except I think that the rest of the world might actually like their coffee...
anyhoo....
we couldn't stop thinking about the amazing oatmeal cookie at starbucks...
we were talking about it for days...
so I did want any self respecting...
(tangent, I just had to sing the R-E-S-P-E-C-T song to spell it)
...any self respecting person would do and googled "starbucks oatmeal cookie recipe'....
and low and behold, we must not have been the first to fall in love with their baked goods!
so here you have it...with a few twists...I doubled the recipe
...I posted the double version, so no need to double this one...
...well, you might need to double it, because these don't hang around for long once you make them!!!
I also took out the golden raisins that the recipe called for and replaced them with dark chocolate chips...
added some butter flavor crisco rather than all butter
and of course doubled the vanilla...
so here is my version of starbucks
Outrageous Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
3 cups old fashioned oats (not quick cooking)
1 cup all-purpose flour
3/4 cup raisins
1 cup dark chocolate chips
3/4 cup dried cherry-cranberries*
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
6 tablespoons butter, at room temperature
6 tablespoons butter flavor Crisco
1 cup dark brown sugar, packed
1/2 cup granulated sugar
2 large egg
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
2 teaspoon vanilla
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. In a medium sized bowl blend oats, flour raisins, cranberries, chocolate chips, baking powder, baking soda, and salt; set aside.
3. In a large bowl beat butter, Crisco and sugars until light and fluffy. Add eggs, cinnamon, and vanilla; beat until combined.
4. Gradually add oat mixture to butter mixture; beat until combined.
5. Form 1/4 cup balls (or use a large cookie scoop) and place 2 inches apart onto two lightly greased baking sheets.
6. Bake about 12-16 minutes, until cookies are golden brown, but still soft. Cool on sheets before serving.
* I used the cherry cranberries, I buy all my dry fruits in bulk at WinCo and their cran-cherries are usually cheaper than the straight cranberries, sometimes I buy the cran-strawberries....
you could also use dried strawberries or cherries rather than cranberries
special notes...starbucks had extra raisins on top of the cookie and the recipe called for that also, so if you want to mix up extra raisins, cranberries and chocolate chips and sprinkle about 2 tsp on top of each cookie before baking go ahead...
the second time I made these I dumped in too much vanilla (I wasn't actually measuring it, I was just pouring, got bumped and dumped in too much)...so I added a 1/4 cup cocoa...making Chocolate Oatmeal Raisin Cookies...very good also....
second time I also used whole wheat flour...just as good....the cookies were WAY darker with the whole wheat flour and cocoa...
1 comment:
OMG, I can attest to the yummyness (did I just coin a new word?)of these cookies! Was visiting for the weekend and there were just a couple of cookies left on a plate that Kiera left sitting right out on the counter within inches of my hand, no matter where I was standing in the kitchen! Everytime I looked there was 1 less cookie on the plate and, sure enough, it had somehow jumped into my hand. And, of course, I had to eat it, couldn't put it back on the plate with my germs on it!
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