There are always loads of recipes I'd like to try but lose them before I do. This is where I can record recipes I find interesting and keep notes on my experiments with them.

I have a system that I've adopted for working through recipes:

1 - New recipes are saved to the Experimental Mouffette and is labeled : Untested
2 - As I'm working out the changes I'd like to make (if any) it is labeled : Testing
3 - Once I think I've got the correct formula it is labeled : Test 1
4 - IF I am able to reproduce the effect a second time it is labeled : Test 2 - if I am not able to reproduce the effect, it remains Test 1
5 - The same process as step 4 is used to graduate it to Test 3
6 - Once I have been able to reproduce the effect successfully 3 times, it graduates to my main blog, La Mouffette Gourmande

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Monday, November 10, 2025

Oatmeal Cookies - Testing

I cobbled this together from several sources that I can't remember! I think one of the was the base for date squares. Use rolled oats, not quick cook! Lower down is the original much larger recipe.
1 - I'm changing lots. Going with room temperature butter instead of melted, mixed in with sugar, then oil and vanilla, followed by oats, then mix together flour, b.s. and salt and adding that last. I made it with the melted butter and it was a bit of a mess, then I realized that I don't need to melt the stuff at all!
2 - Much better, more flavorful, but I overcooked them a bit, the became a bit hard. I was distracted and forgot to take them out of the oven when the 12 minute timer rang.

Makes ~40 cookies (1 oz / 28 g each)

335 g butter, room temperature
250 g brown sugar 
1½ Tbsps. oil 
1½ Tbsps. vanilla 
235 g oats (old-fashioned or large-flake)
330 g flour
1½ tsps. baking soda 
2 tsps. salt 
  1. Preheat oven to 375°C. 
  2. In a stand mixer whip the butter and sugar together. 
  3. Add oil and vanilla.
  4. Next to go in are the rolled oats.
  5. In a separate bowl combine the flour, baking soda and salt.
  6. Add this dry mix to the mixer bowl and mix until everything is combine.
  7. Line baking sheets with parchment.
  8. Mix wet ingredients: melted butter + oil + vanilla. Stir to combine.
  9. Mix dry ingredients: flour, oats, sugar, baking soda, salt.
  10. Add wet to dry, stir until fully incorporated. Dough will be thick.
  11. Spoon out 1oz balls and flatten halfway.
  12. Bake 10–12 minutes, until edges are golden.

Makes 100 cookies (1 oz / 28 g each)
3½c 790g melted butter
¼ cup oil 
1 Tbsp vanilla 
550g oats 
775g flour 
675g 400g BROWN sugar 
1 tbsp, 2 tsp soda 
1 tbsp, 2 tsp salt
  1. Preheat oven to 375°C. Line baking sheets with parchment.
  2. Mix wet ingredients: melted butter + oil + vanilla. Stir to combine.
  3. Mix dry ingredients: flour, oats, sugar, baking soda, salt.
  4. Add wet to dry, stir until fully incorporated. Dough will be thick.
  5. Spoon out 1oz balls and flatten halfway.
  6. Bake 10–12 minutes, until edges are golden.

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