pocket farm cookies

my (first but probably not only) version of Liz's basic cookie recipe

    1.5 c. all-purpose flour
    1 c whole wheat flour, some of which looked like pastry flour (I haven't baked much lately, and I think the batch of flour from the bottom of my whole-wheat jar was pastry flour.)
    1.5 tsp. baking powder
    a smidgen of salt
    2 eggs

    1/4 c. oil
    1/4 c. water
    3/4 c. sugar
    1/2 tsp. vanilla

    plus chocolate chips, dried cranberries, and sliced almonds, not really measured at all

    Preheat oven to 350˚
    Mix dry and wet ingredients in separate bowls, then mix together by “dumping” dry ingredients into wet.
    Drop by rounded teaspoon onto cookie sheets, and bake for 12 minutes, or until golden.  (Mine took about 15'.  I got about 32 cookies, I think, which was a nice quantity to take to fiber night.)

Over all, these were very good.  Next time, though, I will try harder to find normal-sized chocolate chips instead of the giant ghirardelli ones, and I'd probably cut the sugar to 2/3 c.  (I will also try to remember to buy more baking soda at some point--mine got infested by mealmoths, and I keep forgetting to replace it.)

   

Comments

[anj]

and they were super yummy good.

Thanks for bringing them. I'll see you tonite!!

[Joanna]

Thanks so much for posting this recipe! It was perfectly timed, because I discovered yesterday afternoon that a secretary's bridal shower this afternoon was going to be potluck! Quick chocolate chip cookies seemed exactly what was called for. :)

I made the dough with your ratio of ww/reg. flour, all brown sugar, and approximately equal parts of date pieces and chocolate chips. Tasty, although quite dense. I looked at original recipe, and I'm excited to try some of her suggested variations!

[Liz]

Yeah, definitely dense. But I haven't been able to make a lower-fat, no butter cookie that isn't. (The original called for applesauce in some fashion... I guess that could make them moister?)

Glad they worked out for you!