Paulas Loaded Oatmeal Cookies Food

LOADED OATMEAL COOKIES (PAULA DEEN)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F Lightly grease cookie sheets. With electric mixer cream together butter, shortening and sugar in a bowl until fluffy. Add eggs and beat until mixture is light in color. Add buttermilk (it will appear a little curdled at this stage, don't worry).
• Sift together flour, baking soda, salt, baking powder, ginger, nutmeg,cinnamon, cloves and allspice; stir into creamed mixture. Stir in oatmeal, raisins, walnuts and vanilla, blending well. (Dough will be soft and sticky).
• Drop by rounded teaspoons onto cookie sheet. (I use a small cookie dough scoop that looks like an ice cream scoop--makes this job easy and ensures uniformly rounded cookies).
• Bake for 12 to 15 minutes. Oven temperatures and size of cookies you make vary, so check your first batch at least by 9 to 10 minutes.
• For Brown Butter Glaze: In a small saucepan, melt butter over medium heat, then continue to cook, stirring occasionally until butter is a golden brown.
• Remove pan from heat and stir in the powdered sugar and vanilla. Stir in enough water to make the icing of drizzling consistency. Drizzle over warm cookies.
• *Cook's Note: Paula Deen's original recipe calls for 3 cups of sifted powdered sugar. I found that to be too much. I also found it easier to bake all of the cookies and line them up closely on cooling rack, then make glaze and drizzle cookies all at one time. You get a more consistent glaze this way as it tends to harden as it cools.

LOADED COOKIES IN A COOKIE BAR

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F; grease a 9x13 baking pan.
• In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugars until smooth.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, oats, baking powder, cinnamon and salt. Set aside.
• Beat in eggs into butter mixture, one at a time for a minute for each. Then, stir in the vanilla extract and water.
• Gradually mix in the flour mixture until well blended.
• Fold in both types of chocolate chips and chopped nuts.
• Spread 1/2 of cookie dough evenly into greased baking pan. Next, sprinkle dough with cookie crumbles. Then, spread the remaining dough over crumbles.
• Top with candy pieces and place in oven to bake for 30-35 minutes.
• When done, cool completely on wire rack before removing from pan and cutting into bars.

PAULA'S LOADED OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease 1 or more cookie sheets. Using an electric mixer, cream together butter, shortening and sugar in a bowl until fluffy. Add eggs and beat until mixture is light in color. Add buttermilk. Stir in flour, baking soda, salt, baking powder, ginger, nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves, and all spice, stir into creamed mixture. Fold in oatmeal, raisins, walnuts and vanilla, blending well.
• Drop by rounded teaspoon onto cookie sheet.
• Bake for 12 to 15 minutes.

PAULA'S LOADED OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350,spray cookie sheet with cooking spray.
• 2. Using a mixer,cream together butter,shortening and sugar until fluffy. Add eggs, beat until mixture is light in color,add buttermilk.sift together flour and spices, stir into cream mixture. fold in oatmeal, raisins,nuts,chips and vanilla stir until well blended.
• 3. Drop by rounded teaspoons onto prepared cookie sheet. Bake 12-15 minutes. Prepare icing,drizzle over warm cookies.
• 4. Icing..... In a small saucepan, heat butter over med. heat until golden brown.Stir in sugar and vanilla,stir in enough water to make icing of drizzle consistency.