Oatmeal Date Cookies
January 20, 2009 in cookie
I’m obsessed with dates lately. I’ve always liked them but my Fresh Market just started selling them in the bulk bins so I can get them super cheap now. So today I wanted to make oatmeal cookies but didn’t want to use the usual raisins. I went on a search for a fun recipe and found something with dates! So excited.
The original recipe called for chocolate but I was worried that would be way too sweet for me so I went ahead and left it out. Let me tell you, they don’t need the chocolate. Oh, and I was very excited because the recipe only calls for brown sugar and you know what that means! Soft cookies!
| Oatmeal Date Cookies |
Ingredients
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 3/4 cup packed light brown sugar
- 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/3 cup whole-wheat flour
- 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 1/2 cups regular oats
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 lightly beaten egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup chopped pitted dates
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F. Melt butter in a small saucepan over low heat. Remove from heat and add brown sugar. Stir until smooth. In a medium bowl, combine all-purpose flour, whole-wheat flour, baking soda, oats, and salt. Combine the butter mixture with the dry ingredients, and add egg, vanilla, and chopped dates. Spoon mixture by tablespoon-fulls out onto lightly greased (or silicone baking mat–covered) baking sheets. Bake for 12 minutes, until tops are dry to the touch.
adapted from Cooking Light
Those cookies look and sound so good. I love dates. Have you had a date milkshake yet?
I don’t cook/bake much with dates – aside from wrapping them with bacon! This cookie recipe looks great and I just may have to pick up some dates to work with them more!
These look good! One huge batch of these along with the biggest bottle of whiskey you can find and you should be all set for today’s inauguration! ;)