Oatmeal is a source of vitamins and beneficial trace elements, and oat stimulates the production of serotonin, the hormone of happiness. Perhaps that is why oatmeal cookies are so good for both children and adults. Especially homemade, cooked without unnecessary chemical additives.
General principles for making oatmeal cookies
Oatmeal produces fast, tasty and crumbly pastries. However, it has very little gluten. Therefore, in the classic recipe of cookies, one-third of oatmeal and two-thirds of wheat flour is taken.
Flour from oats can be bought already ready. However, at home and make it easy. Grind enough oatmeal with a blender. For one glass of oatmeal flakes you will need to take a glass and a quarter.
Also, for most oatmeal cookie recipes, butter will be required. It should be soft, so it should be removed from the refrigerator a couple of hours before cooking.
A special flavor gives oatmeal cookies the use of brown sugar. So if you can, replace them with white sugar in any recipe.
You can form cookies in different ways: put the dough on a baking tray with a spoon, roll up the balls and lightly press them down. And to make oatmeal cookies of the same size, we roll the dough into a sausage, divide it in half, then each piece in half and so on.
You can add a little oatmeal or coconut flakes to the oatmeal cookie for crispy textures. Also good are nuts, candied fruit, dried cranberries, citrus peel, seeds, chocolate pieces. Of the spices for such cookies, cinnamon, ginger, cardamom, and vanilla are most often used.
Oatmeal cookies are baked very quickly - a period of ten to fifteen minutes is enough, the temperature is 180-200 degrees.
Classic Oatmeal Cookies
The basic recipe, in which you can optionally bring a variety of tasty additives: raisins, nuts, chocolate. Ingredients
100 grams of oatmeal;
200 grams of wheat flour;
half a pack of butter;
100 grams of sugar;
two teaspoons of cinnamon;
10 grams of vanilla sugar;
0.5 tea spoon of soda;
1 teaspoon salt;
2 teaspoons of jam or molasses;
6 tablespoons of water (hot).
Method of preparation
1. We get butter in advance so that it becomes soft. Pound it with jam or molasses, as well as with sugar.
2. Next in the dough go vanilla sugar, salt, cinnamon, soda. At the same stage, add water. Thoroughly knead.
3. We pour out wheat flour, mix. Then turn oatmeal. In the end, knead the soft dough, slightly sticky.
4. Cookies can be laid out on a baking sheet made with parchment paper using a spoon. Or cool the dough for about 15 minutes in the freezer, then it will turn out to form the product by hand.
5. It's time to put in the oven: 200 degrees, 10-15 minutes. The finished cookie should get a beautiful golden color.
Festive oatmeal cookies
The cinnamon-citrus flavor of such cookies evokes thoughts about the New Year holidays. It can be decorated with icing or multi-colored confectionery dressing. And the use of special molds will help cut out stars, fir trees, snowmen or gingerbread men from dough.
Ingredients
80 grams of oatmeal;
50 ml of freshly squeezed orange juice;
single orange peel;
half a pack of butter;
160 grams of wheat flour;
a third teaspoon of soda;
a pinch of salt;
half a bag of vanilla sugar;
0.5 teaspoons cinnamon;
chocolate droplets;
150 grams of sugar.
Method of preparation
1. The softened butter must first be ground with sugar. Then put the vanilla sugar and cinnamon, mix.
2. Add the oatmeal, orange zest, chocolate drops, pour out the orange juice and mix everything again. Sift wheat flour in a bowl with dough, put salt and baking powder. Knead elastic soft dough, if necessary, add more wheat flour. 3. We form a ball out of dough and roll it out half a centimeter thick. Cut out cookies of the desired shape, place on a baking sheet with parchment paper, leaving a centimeter between the products. Now in the oven - 200 degrees, ten minutes. We decorate the finished cookies with a glaze at will, on top of it you can glue confectionery beads or sprinkles, hang balls on Christmas trees or draw a beautiful ornament.
Biscuits made from oatmeal without the addition of wheat
Wheat allergy is not uncommon, especially in children. And you want to treat them with sweets. You can bake this option only cookies made from oatmeal.
Ingredients
A glass of oatmeal;
a quarter cup of oatmeal;
two tablespoons of granulated sugar;
two eggs;
a handful of raisins;
1/2 teaspoon soda.
Method of preparation
1. Combine eggs and sugar, beat well.
2. Pour cereal, mix. Then add oatmeal flour and soda, raisins, pre-washed. Let the dough stand for ten minutes, so it will become thicker.
3. Spread baking paper on a baking sheet. A tablespoon of the dough is laid out, between the products leave three centimeters.
4. At 180 degrees bake for about a quarter of an hour.
Oatmeal Cookies with Nuts
This recipe uses walnuts. They can be ground to a crumb, then the delicacy will get a pleasant color and nutty taste. Or cut into small pieces to fall on a tooth in the finished cookies.
Ingredients
150 grams of oatmeal;
300-350 grams of wheat flour;
one pack of butter;
one and a half glasses of granulated sugar;
teaspoon cinnamon;
half tea leaves of baking powder, salt and soda;
a glass of walnuts (peeled);
warm water - half a cup.
Method of preparation
1. Combine soft butter with sugar and cinnamon, grind.
2. Add oatmeal and warm water, stir. Fill the sifted wheat flour, followed by salt, soda and baking powder, then chopped walnuts. We continue to knead until we get a soft dough. 3. Roll out the dough with a layer of half a centimeter. Cut out cookies to the desired shape. We shift on the baking sheet, made by parchment paper.
4. We will bake at 200 degrees for a quarter of an hour.
Oatmeal Cookies on Brine
From a jar of pickled cucumbers left a pickle? Let it be the basis for a delicious cookie! Finished baking brine gives a light, pleasant, slightly salty flavor.
Ingredients
Glass of brine;
three quarters cup oatmeal;
a glass and a quarter of wheat flour;
a third cup of sugar;
a quarter cup of vegetable oil;
a quarter of tea.
Method of preparation
1. Pour sugar into brine, stir it to dissolve. Add soda, vegetable oil.
2. Pour the oatmeal, then sifted wheat. Knead the dough. Send it for half an hour in the fridge to cool slightly.
3. We moisten a spoon in cold water, lay out with it the future cookies on a baking sheet with parchment. We remember about the distance between the products - 1-1.5 centimeters.
4. Sent to the oven. At 180 degrees - 10-15 minutes.
Oatmeal Cookies with Cinnamon, Ginger and Honey
Another holiday option. In European countries, gingerbread cookies are traditionally baked for Christmas. Packed in a beautiful box, it will be a sweet and pleasant addition to the gift.
Ingredients
100 grams of oatmeal;
half a pack of butter;
ginger root (grated) - 2 tea leaves;
2 tablespoons brown sugar;
2 tablespoons honey;
120 grams of whole wheat flour;
salt;
2 teaspoons baking powder;
3 tablespoons of water at room temperature.
Method of preparation
1. Grind the softened butter with sugar and honey. We also add cinnamon and ginger.
2. Sift the wheat flour into a container with mashed butter, pour out the oat flour. Put the salt and baking powder. Add water and knead the dough well for cookies.
3. Now we roll out small dough-balls from dough, approximately from a walnut. Then they need to slightly flatten to shape the cookies and put on a baking sheet with baking paper. Do not forget to leave a distance of at least a centimeter between cookies. 4. At 200 degrees bake our ginger oatmeal cookies for 12 minutes.
Anzac oatmeal cookies
Anzac - oatmeal cookies with coconut chips. He is especially loved in New Zealand and Australia, from where this crisp delicacy came to us.
Ingredients
A glass of oatmeal;
100 grams of granulated sugar;
half a pack of butter;
75 grams of coconut chips.
Method of preparation
1. Spread butter in a saucepan, we need to melt it.
2. Combine sugar and coconut chips, pour the melted butter. Mix the ingredients.
3. Add the oatmeal, knead well.
4. Place parchment paper on the baking tray. We form hands with small tortillas of dough, lay out with a distance of a couple of centimeters so as not to stick together during baking.
5. Put the pan in the oven, the required temperature is 180 degrees. Crispy coconut-oatmeal cookies are ready in 10 minutes.
Oatmeal Cookies - Secrets and Tricks
· If you want more solid oatmeal cookies, increase the baking time by just three minutes.
· To make sugar easier to mix with butter, it can be pre-ground to a state of powder using a coffee grinder.
· Before removing the ready-made cookies from the pan, let them cool slightly so that it does not break.
· To keep oatmeal cookies soft for longer, it is best to store them in a paper bag or a closed box.
