Thursday, April 16, 2015

Grandma's Oatmeal Cookies - In Case I Lose the Recipe AGAIN

Mercy! I cry MERCY!!!

I want to make my grandmother's oatmeal cookies so go to dig out the recipe.
It isn't there.
Having two kitchens I search them both.
Not there.
Having two desks and a work table, I search them all.
Not there.
About to have a panic attack because I can't find the recipe. The only other person who might have it is my cousin Bill. Am I going to call him and confess that I lost Grandma's Oatmeal Cookie Recipe? No.
I've had it hanging on the kitchen hutch that belonged to my great-grandmother for years and years and years. Just lately I cleaned out the hutch and moved it. The recipe is not hanging in its proper spot.
Finally, after thoroughly searching not only my house but my computer files in case I had been smart enough to put it in here (nope) I thought to look in the drawers of the hutch top which is now in my study.
First drawer. 
Nope.
Second drawer.
Nope.
Third drawer.
YES!

This is my modification of the recipe I got years ago from my dad. His calls for both margarine and white sugar; I use neither.

One cup Butter
One cup brown sugar
One cup Buttermilk or Sour Milk (to make the milk sour, add some lemon juice)
Two cups Flour (I tend to use less flour and more oatmeal than this recipe says)
Two cups Oatmeal
One teaspoon Soda
One teaspoon Cinnamon
A couple of dashes of nutmeg just because I like it.

375 degrees for ten minutes (Since I like to use this dough for forming thicker and bigger rounds to cut into wedges, I drop the temperature to 325 and bake for up to thirty minutes. Since that's the temperature and time for Shortbread, it works out pretty darned well.)

And since I'm liable to want to do both at the same time, I may as well put in the Shortbread recipe.

One and a quarter cup Flour
Three tablespoons Sugar
One-half cup Butter

Cut ingredients together, make a ball and knead but not too much, form into eight inch circle, cut circle into wedges and fork-print them, bake at 325 degrees for 25-30 minutes. Me, I'm liable to double or triple the recipe and use four inch circles but that's just me.

Temps are Fahrenheit.

Okay. I feel better now. And my Grandma up in heaven is shaking her head while Grandad hoots with laughter. 

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