Oatmeal Chocolate Chunk Cookies
Add in: chopped dates, raisins, dried cherries, coconut, Chocolate Chips, any chopped nuts, dried blueberries, etc. Double the recipe and freeze half of the dough for later!
- Yield: 3 doz 1x
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Ingredients
- 1 cup Applesauce or mashed bananas. (I like to use 1/2 cup Applesauce and 2 mashed bananas)
- * make sure that it equals 1 full cup*
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup butter or shortening at room temperature
- 1 egg
- 2 cups flour
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1 tsp. soda
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- 1 tsp. cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp. cloves
- 3 cups Oatmeal (Old fashioned is best but quick also works)
- 1 cup chopped nuts
- 1 cup raisins or dried cherries or chopped dates
- 1 cup chocolate chips or chunks
- flaked coconut is also a great addition
Instructions
- Combine flour, salt, soda, baking powder, cinnamon and cloves in medium bowl and set mixture aside.
- Cream room temperature butter and sugar until light & fluffy.
- Add egg and beat again.
- Add Applesauce or mashed banana or the combination of the two. Beat again.
- Add the flour mixture until well blended.
- Stir in Oatmeal, raisins, nuts and chocolate chips. etc.
- Drop by spoonfuls or use a ice cream scoop and place balls of dough on cookie sheet.
- Bake at 375 degrees for 10 to 12 minutes.
- Let cool on wire racks. Place cooled cookies in well sealed containers.
- These cookies also freeze very well.