Crisp Cranberry Oatmeal Cookies Small Batch Food

OATMEAL CRANBERRY COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C).
• Line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
• Mix all dry ingredients into large mixing bowl.
• Use your hands to thoroughly mix.
• Mix in butter, egg and vanilla.
• Mix until completely blended, you will need to use your hands.
• Shape into balls the size of walnuts.
• Place on a parchment lined cookie sheets 2 inches apart.
• Bake for 11 to 13 minutes in preheated oven, or until edges are lightly browned.
• Cool 5 minutes on cookie sheet.
• Transfer cookies to wire racks to finish cooling.

CRISP OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.
• In a large bowl, cream together the shortening, white sugar and brown sugar. Mix in the egg and vanilla until well blended. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; stir into the batter until well blended. Mix in the oats, coconut and chocolate chips until evenly distributed. Roll dough into walnut sized balls and place 2 inches apart onto prepared cookie sheets.
• Bake for 12 minutes in the preheated oven, or until edges are lightly browned.

OATMEAL CRANBERRY COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cream butter and sugars until fluffy. Add eggs and vanilla. Combine dry ingredients. Add to butter mixture and stir until well blended. Add dried cranberries. Drop by teaspoonful onto parchment covered baking sheet. Bake about 10 to 12 minutes, or until lightly golden. Cool.

SMALL BATCH ICING- TO WRITE ON CAKES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine sugar, shortening, water and vanilla. Beat on low speed to combine, then beat on medium speed for a full five minutes. It won't look like Icing at first, but keep the mixer going for a full five minutes, and then you're done!
• Note: If you're not using this for decorating, but just for icing the cake, thin the icing by adding 3 tbs. of corn syrup, or water to the icing.

APPLE-CRANBERRY CRISP WITH OATMEAL-COOKIE CRUMBLE

Steps:

• Make the crumble:
• Mix flour, granulated sugar, oats, brown sugar, vanilla, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, and nutmeg in a large bowl. Add butter and mix with your hands until mixture feels like damp sand and clumps form. Add almonds and mix with a wooden spoon until evenly distributed and large, walnut-sized clumps form. Freeze 30 minutes.
• Make the filling:
• Toss apples, cranberries, granulated sugar, flour, orange zest and juice, cinnamon, salt, and nutmeg in a large bowl. Let stand 10 minutes.
• Bake the crisp:
• Meanwhile, preheat oven to 350°F. Place baking dish on a foil-lined rimmed baking sheet (if using a Dutch oven, you don't need the baking sheet).
• Toss apple mixture again, then transfer to baking dish, leaving some juices behind. Break crumble into smaller pieces, leaving some larger clumps. Top apples with crumble, mounding slightly if needed.
• Bake apple crisp until crumble is golden brown and filling is bubbling through in the center, about 1 hour. Transfer baking dish to a wire rack and let cool 10 minutes. Serve warm with whipped cream or ice cream topped with almonds.
• Do Ahead
• Crumble can be made 1 week ahead; cover and freeze. Crisp can be assembled 1 day ahead; cover and chill.

CRISPY OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a mixer, cream the butter until fluffy. Add the sugars, and cream together until light and fluffy. Add the egg and vanilla and mix well.
• In a bowl, stir together the oats, flour, salt, and baking soda. Mixing, slowly add the oat mixture to the butter mixture and mix just until combined. Add raisins and mix just until combined.
• Drop by tablespoonfuls onto the baking sheets, leaving at least 2-inches between cookies. Bake until browned and crispy around the edges, about 8 to 10 minutes. Let cool on wire racks and store in an airtight container.

CRISP CRANBERRY OATMEAL COOKIES (SMALL BATCH)

Steps:

• Mix butter, sugars and egg.
• Mix dry ingredients.
• Mix together and add the cranberries.
• Roll into small balls& Bake 10 minutes at 350.

CRISP OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven 350 degrees.
• Grease cookie sheets.
• Combine shortening and sweetener, beat until blended. Add the eggs, vanilla and water and beat till light and fluffy. Stir together flour, baking soda and cinnamon. Add to the first mixture and beat until completely mixed. Add oatmeal and rasins, stir until blended.
• Arrange by rounded teaspoonfuls on greased cookie sheets. Place them about 2 inches apart. Flatten cookies slightly with your wet finger tips into rounds about 1 1/2 inches across and 1/3 inch thick. Bake for 10-12 minutes, or until the cookies have spread a little and are lightly browned all over.

SMALL BATCH OF CHEWY MINI MUFFIN-COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 350°F.
• Mix in a bowl butter, sugar, vanilla and water until blended.
• Stir in flour and salt until well blended.
• Stir in cinnamon, or any other flavorings, maybe some M&M's, chocolate chips, almond extract, nuts etc.
• Spray a mini muffin tin with butter flavored cooking spray, drop batter into molds.
• Bake in oven for 14 minutes, this is what I did and I got chewy centers. If you want harder, perhaps cook for an additional 3-5 minutes.
• Set on wire rack and carefully take mini muffins out using a butter knife and transfer to serving plate.
• This made 11 out of the 12 mini muffin molds for me!