Saturday 28 February 2009

Chocolate Chip cookies

In the quest for a chocolate chip cookie that doesn't taste like something to stick chocolate chips together, I've come up with the following. Louise and John say the cookies are great. So does Bernie, but then, he'll eat almost any cookie that can be dunked in coffee. Lila doesn't get to taste these, as they're made with wheat flour.

1/4 cup sucanat (can use brown sugar instead)
1 tsp honey
1/4 cup butter
2 Tblsp olive oil
1 tsp vanilla
2 eggs (get free range or at least free run)
1/2 cup rolled oats (can use up to 1 cup, but the texture will change. Half a cup may not be noticed by picky eaters.)
3/4 cup chocolate chips (real chocolate, not "chocolaty" -- and pay more for fair trade -- it's usually organic and tastes way better.)
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 cup flour (can be unbleached white or whole wheat, can be reduced to as little as 1/2 cup if rolled oats are increased to 1 cup)

Cream the butter with the sucanat. Stir in the honey and vanilla. Mix in the oil and eggs.
Add the oats, chocolate chips, baking powder and flour, stirring each ingredient in. Be willing to add a little more oats or flour if the dough is runny like cake batter. If the dough is too stiff, add another teaspoon of oil.
Drop spoonfuls of dough on a cookie sheet and bake at 350 F till almost done. Slightly chewy is better than stiff and burnt.

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