Choc-Oat-Chip
Celebration Cookies with Variations
- 1/2 pound (2 sticks) margarine
or butter, softened
1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
2 large eggs
2 tablespoons milk
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt (optional)
2 1/2 cups Quaker® Oats (quick or old fashioned, uncooked)
2 cups (12 ounces) NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE® Semi-Sweet
Mini Chocolate Morsels
1 cup chopped nuts (optional)
- Heat oven to 375°
F.
- In large bowl, beat margarine
and sugars with electric mixer until creamy. Add eggs, milk and
vanilla; beat well. Add combined flour, baking soda and salt;
mix well. Stir in oats, chocolate morsels and nuts; mix well.
- Drop dough by rounded
tablespoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets.
- Bake 9 to 10 minutes for
a chewy cookie or 12 to 13 minutes for a crisp cookie. Cool 1
minute on cookie sheets; remove to wire rack. Cool completely.
Store tightly covered.
Makes 5 dozen.
Celebration Variations:
Fall Fest Pumpkin Pops: Prepare cookie dough as directed
above. Drop by 1/4 measuring cupfuls about 4 inches apart onto
cookie sheets. Insert wooden stick into side of dough. Using
bottom of glass dipped in sugar, flatten to 2 1/2-inch diameter.
Pinch off a small amount of dough to make a pumpkin stem. Bake
at 350° F* 13 to 15 minutes or until light golden brown.
Transfer to cooling racks; cool completely. Decorate cooled cookies
with orange and green frosting. Makes about 2 dozen *Note decreased
oven temperature.
Class Field Trip "Candy
Bars": Prepare
cookie dough as directed, substituting 1 cup chocolate-covered
toffee baking pieces or candy-coated chocolate pieces for 1 cup
of the semi-sweet chocolate morsels. Spread dough onto bottom
of 13 x 9-inch metal baking pan. Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until
golden brown; cool completely. If desired, drizzle with melted
chocolate; cut into bars. Makes 36 bars.
A GREAT Report Card
Smile Cookies:
Bake and cool cookies as directed. Draw smiling faces with purchased
decorating icing. Makes about 5 dozen.
Half-Birthday Double
Chocolate Sandwich Minis:
Prepare cookie dough as directed. Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls
onto cookie sheets. Bake 7 to 8 minutes or until light golden
brown. Cool as directed. Spread purchased chocolate frosting
on bottom side of one cookie; top with second cookie. Makes about
4 dozen filled cookies.
It's Friday! Cherry-Chocolate
Chippers: Prepare
cookies as directed, substituting 1 cup dried cherries for 1
cup of the chocolate morsels. Makes about 5 dozen.
School Pictures P.B.
& Chocolate Chippers:
Prepare cookies as directed, substituting 1 cup peanut-butter
flavored baking pieces for 1 cup of the chocolate morsels. Makes
about 5 dozen.
Harvest Moon Double
Dippers: Bake and
cool cookies as directed. Melt 2 cups (12 oz.) semi-sweet chocolate
morsels according to package directions. Dip half of cookie in
melted chocolate; gently shake to remove excess. Place on waxed
paper until set. Makes about 5 dozen.
Day Off From School
Ice Cream Sandwiches:
Bake and cool cookies as directed. Spread softened ice cream
on bottom side of one cookie; top with second cookie. Roll edges
in mini candy-coated chocolate pieces. Wrap airtight and freeze
until firm. Makes about 30 sandwiches.
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Caramel-Apple Cookie Sundaes: Prepare cookie as directed, substituting 1 cup
chopped dried apples and 1/2 cup chopped peanuts for the chocolate
morsels. To make sundae, crumble one cookie in dessert dish;
top with a scoop of vanilla ice cream, a spoonful of caramel
ice cream topping and a second crumbled cookie.
New Skates Trail Mix
Bars: Prepare cookie
dough as directed, substituting 1 cup trail mix (any combination
of flaked coconut, chopped nuts, candy-coated chocolate pieces,
raisins or diced mixed dried fruit) for 1 cup of the chocolate
morsels. Spread dough onto bottom of 13 x 9-inch metal baking
pan. Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until golden brown. Cool completely;
cut into bars. Makes 36 bars.
Nutritional Facts: 1 cookie
(undecorated): Calories 100, Calories From Fat 45, Total Fat
5g, Saturated Fat 1.5g, Cholesterol 0mg, Sodium 60mg, Total Carbohydrates
12g, Dietary Fiber 1g, Protein 1g, Total Sugars 7g.
Recipe provided courtesy
of The Quaker Oats Company.
