Dark Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies
May 2, 2008
It was rainy and chilly today, and we had no afternoon plans other than a haircut for A. I love having at least one afternoon a week where we are unscheduled, and weather like this pretty much begs for baking cookies. Or wait, maybe it was the boys that were begging…
I didn’t have any chocolate chips in the house, so we searched for a recipe using the cocoa I’d bought for the vegan dark chocolate cupcakes. I really liked the way the cookies turned out — not too sweet (not sweet enough for J. — he thought they needed chocolate chips), simple, and a manageably-sized recipe. The original recipe calls for raisins, which I just left out, but if I made them again I would substitute dried cherries rather than omitting the fruit entirely. That would enhance the sweetness a bit, too.
Dark Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies
Adapted from Cocoa Oatmeal Cookies
Makes about 30 cookies
1 c. butter, at room temperature
1 c. packed brown sugar
1/2 c. white sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla extract
2 c. all-purpose flour
1/2 c. unsweetened dark cocoa powder (I use Hershey’s Special Dark)
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
2 c. rolled oats
Preheat oven to 350° F.
Cream butter and sugars with an electric mixer until fluffy. Add remaining ingredients and mix until well-combined.
Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets (I line mine with parchment paper first). Bake 12-15 minutes, until cookies are almost set and are still slightly glossy.
Cool, and store in a tightly covered container or Ziploc bag.
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5 Comments
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Grammy | May 3, 2008 at 9:33 am
Mmmm… I could go for a taste of these!
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Jodi | May 3, 2008 at 9:44 pm
These look great! I like the photo too!
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merrie | May 4, 2008 at 1:35 pm
How did the boys like them? If they liked them, I would not make it sweeter.
They liked them this way, I would not add more sugar or chips for them. I might be able to add fruit (raisins, cherries) because the dark chocolate would mask them. — Dara
4. Menu Plan Monday, 5/5 - 5&hellip | May 4, 2008 at 5:11 pm
[...] particularly thwarted by the boys’ refusal to eat any of my food lately. Except for the cookies, of [...]
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Jodi | May 4, 2008 at 5:22 pm
My youngest son just saw this photo and said, “Look! Them tookies is shocolate…yets jump into the puter and get all of them.”:O)
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