Some of the best recipes appear when you're least expecting it. For instance, I found this one two days ago while searching for the source of a strange smell on our street. Hoping maybe there was news about the odor, I searched Internet neighborhood news for clues. I didn't find any mention of the odor, but I did run across what appeared to be a newsletter for our neighborhood with a recipe exchange. Woo hoo! Upon further inspection, I realized it was just a promotional page from some realtors and that all the recipes in the "exchange" were from Nestle. Not that that was a problem, because they were tested recipes that I wasn't aware of and one of them was called Buttery Oatmeal Cookies.
What I like about this recipe is the combo of oatmeal, coconut, nuts, and a handful of corn flakes. They are more like shortbread cookies than typical oatmeal cookies thanks to all the butter.
Buttery Oatmeal Cookies
¾ cup butter, softened (I used salted)
½ cup sugar
½ cup firmly packed brown sugar
1 egg
½ teaspoon vanilla
2 cups all-purpose flour (fluff flour before you measure or weigh out 9 oz)
½ teaspoon baking soda
¼ teaspoon salt
½ cup crushed corn flakes
½ cup rolled oats
¼ cup flaked coconut
¼ cup chopped walnuts
Preheat the oven to 350°F.
Cream the butter, sugar and brown sugar in large mixing bowl. Add egg and vanilla. Continue beating until well mixed. Reduce speed to low; add flour, baking soda and salt and stir until incorporated. Stir in all remaining ingredients by hand -- this is a really thick dough.
Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Place 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets. Flatten a bit. Bake for 9 to 12 minutes or until golden brown. Serving Size: 48
Anna
I love that name!
Mike
I have a similiar recipe that is topped off with a glaze. The recipe is called Spellbinders and can also be found on searching the net. Those are my most favorite cookie that my mom baked when I was a kid.
Louise
Am I the only one who sees humor in having to add chocolate chips to a recipe from the Nestle recipe collection?
Anna
Oh, I still have some dough and am totally going to do that!
Hilary
If you throw in some chocolate chip cookies these will be called Buffalo Chip cookies! BCC are our family favorite and I make them ALL the time! My daughter and I love them straight out of the freezer!
Lisa Ernst
This recipe would be great with...chocolate chips. In fact, I must try it that way. :0)
vanillasugar
lol strange smell from the street. guess you never found out. but reminds me when i go to nyc, sometimes the smell is good, sometimes not so good.
BakerMan
Scrummy!
Katrina
Kind of sounds interesting to have oats and all that in a shortbread type cookie.
Anna
I still have no idea what the weird smell was.
Debbi Does Dinner Healthy
I love shortbread so these wouldn't be a problem for me! Thanks!
melissa
Gosh these sound so good!!
Yes, did you ever figure out what the odor was from?
Louise
So what was the odor in your neighborhood?
bakingblonde
I love some oatmeal cookies, i haven't made any forever! I have been wanting to make something over the weekend so i may need to search around for a recipe to try.