Sheepdog (RIP) posted this recipe very early on in the life of this forum. I'm trying to make a list of cookies that I want to make before Christmas, so I am trying to put all the cookie recipes here.
https://www.homesteadingforum.org/threads/the-only-real-cookie.151/
I worked for years to make a real cookie and after you try these you will understand that all other cookies are not real cookies at all.
Ingredients:
1/4 pound butter
1/2 cup hard packed dark brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract (use the real stuff not "vanilla" flavoring)
1/2 teaspoon salt (table salt not sea salt or kosher salt or that Himalayan pink salt)
1 extra large egg (you can substitute two small eggs as long as they come from chickens)
1/2 teaspoon baking soda (no more - just a level 1/2 teaspoon or it will taste soapy)
1 level tablespoon baking powder (you can use more but it just wastes baking powder)
3/4 cup all purpose flour (this is necessary to help hold these cookies together)
1 cup old fashioned rolled oats (if you use the fast cooking oatmeal add two extra table spoons of them)
3/4 cup chopped walnuts (you can substitute pecans if you must)
12 ounces of semi-sweet or dark chocolate chips (I cannot be held responsible if you use milk chocolate chips. Don't blame me when the world abruptly ends in a fiery hell )
preheat over to 350F ( too much heat and they will burn and too little and they will be gummy cups and not cookies)
Mixing them:
Cream butter, sugars, vanilla, and salt in a mixing bowl and then whip until fluffy
Beat in the egg(s), baking soda, and one teaspoon of water.
In a separate bowl combine and whisk flour, baking powder and oats together until evenly mixed (you don't want independent lumps of flour and oats in your cookies)
Combine the dry ingredients with the egg and sugar mixture until it is friendly - don't let them get all mushed together.
Fold in the chocolate chips and walnuts until it is an even mixture
Using a serving spoon (like a big table or soup spoon only bigger) drop the dough on a greased cookie sheet and flatten to about a half inch thick. Space cookies with at least 1/2 inch between them. (you don't want a cake, these are cookies!)
Bake at 350F for 10 to 12 minutes. they should just start to lightly brown on the bottom and still look "wet" on top.
Turn the oven off and open it letting the cookies rest for 2 minutes and then remove to rack for cooling.
These cookies will stay moist for days unless they are overcooked or they are all eaten in the first hour after they cool.
Serve sparingly, two cookies, with a glass of cool milk or hot black coffee.
Cookies that are left should be stored in a locked container to keep the kids and husband from pilfering all of them.
a lot of humor in this but they really are the only real cookie ever made and it did take years to get this just right. Enjoy!
