Oatmeal Coconut Cookies
healthy cookies
Isn’t amazing how one can bake so many different cookies by just adding some more ingredients or interchanging ingredients to the basic cookie dough. I love oatmeal and coconut so no wonder I had to bake these cookies. Instead of the usual chocolate chips I added some dried cranberries. My neighbours know when I am baking as they claim that the smell of freshly baked goods reaches their homes. The cookies hardly lasted for a few days. I will be baking another batch pretty soon. Cannot plan when as these days we are facing a lot of power cuts. Make these cookies to treat yourself to a sweet snack with either a hot cup of tea, coffee or milk. Don’t forget to dunk them….. tastes the best!
OATMEAL COCONUT COOKIES
Makes about 48
1 cup plain flour/all purpose flour
¾ cup wholewheat flour (atta)
2 cups oatmeal (quick cooking variety)
1 cup butter (200g)
1 cup desiccated coconut
1 cup dried cranberries or blueberries or chocolate chips
1 cup brown sugar
½-¾ cup milk
1 tsp soda bicarbonate (baking soda)
1 tbsp lemon juice
1 tsp grated orange zest or peel
extra butter for greasing
- Preheat the oven to 160°C. Grease the baking lightly with butter.
- Sieve the flours and baking soda together.
- Add oatmeal, coconut and dried cranberries to the flours. Mix well.
- Cream butter and sugar till it is soft and creamy.
- Add the milk, orange zest and lemon juice and mix well.
- Add the flour mixture and mix till all the flour is wet.
- Take tablespoonful of the dough and roll it into a ball. Flatten it slightly by pressing between your palms.
- Place them on the greased tray about an inch apart.
- Bake them for 15-20 minutes or till the edges are brown.
- Remove the tray from the oven.
- Leave the cookies on the tray for 3 to 4 minutes. Remove them from the tray and place them on a wire rack.
- When the cookies are cool completely, store them in an airtight container.
- If you want to add fruit and chocolate chips together use half of each.
- Depending on the flours and oatmeal you may need only ½ cup of milk. Add additional milk if the dough is dry.
- Instead of orange zest use vanilla extract.
- Can use a fork to flatten the cookies slightly before baking.
- Leave the dough in the fridge for 30 minutes if you find it is too soft to roll.
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http://priyas-virundhu.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/cws-event-cooking-with-seeds-wheat.html
http://nandooskitchen.blogspot.in/2013/11/dish-it-out.html
http://cooksjoy.com/blog/dish-it-out-schedule
http://justnotthecakes.blogspot.com/2013/11/event-announcement-lets-cook-for.html
5 Comments
Priya Anandakumar
November 30, 2013 at 6:59 pm
Wow delicious, lovely and healthy cookies… an array of dishes from your kitchen madam, thanks a lot for linking it to the CWS event…
Shey divine
December 1, 2013 at 2:29 am
Absolutely perfect cooking .. They are super healthy .
Thank you for linking it to my event .
Event announcement – let's cook for Christmas
http://justnotthecakes.blogspot.com/2013/11/event-announcement-lets-cook-for.html
Do link your entries .
Vimi
May 11, 2020 at 9:42 pm
Baked these oatmeal cookies along with the fresh coconut ones ….. both turned out perfect . Mayuri your recipes are brilliant. Trying something new everyday and loving it .
Jayashree T.Rao
December 7, 2020 at 8:28 pm
Lovely cookies to make and store, they look so delish . Liked the addition of coconut here, it gives a good aroma.
mayurisjikoni
December 8, 2020 at 6:22 pm
Thank you so much Jayashree, I love cookies with coconut in them.