Oatmeal cookies, the composition of which varies among every housewife depending on preferences, is an amazing dish.
Indeed, everyone's favorite treat is obtained from porridge, which is a nightmare of many people's childhood. Yes, and now adherents of a healthy lifestyle practice daily self-torture, forcing themselves to eat tasteless oatmeal. However, it can easily be replaced with delicious cookies, because
"the devil is in the details" - you can choose the composition yourself.
Back in USSR
Surely many people remember the "same" oatmeal cookies from childhood. It was prepared according to GOST and sold in elongated cardboard boxes. It was not like it is now - lighter, more intense and fragrant, while not particularly oily. Want to bring back memories?
Prepare oatmeal cookies according to the recipe below, the GOST composition approves:
- wheat flour - 350 grams;
- oatmeal - 150 grams;
- sugar - 250 grams;
- butter - 170 grams;
- vanilla sugar - 1 tbsp. the spoon;
- raisins - 25 grams;
- molasses - 35 grams;
- water - 140 grams;
- soda - 2/3 teaspoons;
- salt - 2/3 teaspoons;
- cinnamon - 1 teaspoon without a hill.
Cooking
The number of products from which we will cook the "same" oatmeal cookies (composition indicated above) is designed for 50 pieces. If this amount is too large for you, then boldly divide everything in half.
Preheat the oven to 210 degrees.
Cover the baking sheet with baking paper or grease with butter, then sprinkle with flour (this technique of pre-treatment of work surfaces is called a "French pillow").
Grind the washed raisins until smooth.
Beat in one bowl the softened butter, plain and vanilla sugar, cinnamon, molasses and raisins until smooth.
Add oatmeal and warm water to the dough, in which the salt was previously dissolved. Mix again.
Pour the flour mixed with soda and finally knead the dough until smooth. If it seems too dry, you can add more water.
Roll out the dough on a table sprinkled with flour into a layer 0.5 cm thick and cut out future oatmeal cookies, the composition of which will allow your loved ones to plunge into the past. The shape can be arbitrary, but if you want "everything is real," then use a round shape with a diameter of 5.5-6 cm.
Bake for about 15 minutes until rosy. You can also focus on preferences - if you like soft pastries, then cook less, if crispy, then longer.
HLS to the masses!
Someone may be confused by the cookie recipe above due to the abundance of butter and sugar. We will not leave them without refreshment:
- oatmeal (ideally "Hercules") - 200 grams;
- egg whites - 4 pieces;
- low fat cottage cheese - 200 grams;
- raisins - 60 grams;
- salt - 1/4 teaspoon;
- cinnamon - 1 teaspoon;
- vegetable sugar substitute (stevioside) - 1/4 teaspoon.
Preheat the oven to 180 o C.
Cover the baking sheet with baking paper.
To prepare oatmeal cookies (the composition is “nowhere is more useful”), mix all the products to homogeneity and spread them with cakes on the prepared baking sheet.
Bake for a third of the hour, let cool completely and treat yourself without any remorse.
And if you buy ready-made?
In everyday hustle and bustle, it is often difficult to find an hour to make homemade oatmeal cookies. Indeed, having come tired from work at 7-8 o’clock in the evening, few people want to stand at the stove. Is it a matter of having tea. With cookies, yes. Which was never baked. The modern food industry has given us countless baked goods. Yes, quality is not always rosy there, however, after spending 5 minutes more at the window with sweets, you can find a decent option. You should not neglect the store oatmeal cookies, its composition is often very worthy. For example, it is worth noting the products of the brand "Posidelkino".
It is popular among the population, as it combines a pleasant composition, decent taste and attractive price. Also, its advantage is that the manufacturer’s technologists did not stop at the classic taste of cookies, but diversified it with such additives as:
- hazelnut;
- chocolate;
- almond;
- raisins;
- baked milk.
Mom will also be pleased with the Posidelkino oatmeal cookies, its composition is “transparent” and allows treating kids without any fears.
"Career" of oatmeal cookies in the confectionery business
It is noteworthy that oatmeal cookies can be used not only as a finished treat, but also as an element of baking. For example, it is used everywhere, creating the basis for jellied cakes and cheesecakes. It is made ridiculously simple - it is enough to crush 250 grams of cookies to small crumbs, mix them with soft butter (50 grams), put them in a mold and tamp. Especially successfully this base will be combined with plum, apple and banana fillings due to the presence of cinnamon. Also, if desired, oatmeal cookies can be replaced with savoyardi in a dessert based on Tiramisu. Replace mascarpone with soft cottage cheese, eggs with Greek yogurt, remove coffee and you will get a wonderful quick cake for children.