Self frosting oatmeal cookies

(all cooked and ready to eat)



MMmmmmm!!! Cookie goodness! I have many food allergies that limit my choices of delicious goodies. I cannot have peanuts, milk, or soy (plus a few others). This makes it impossible to purchase ready made cookies at the store. Store bought is easier and quicker...but homemade is much better for the family and is lots more fun to make! I just have to pick a day that my asthma is flaring up because the heat of the oven and the delicious smells that come from it drives my asthma into overload :(


OK....here is a great recipe that I found on the net and tweaked to fit my dietary restrictions.


SELF FROSTING OATMEAL COOKIES

PREP TIME	15 Min
COOK TIME	10 Min
READY IN	2 Hrs 25 Min

INGREDIENTS

• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 cup applesauce
  
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 1/2 cups rolled oats
• 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar

DIRECTIONS

1. In a large bowl, cream together the brown sugar, white sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well with each addition, then stir in the vanilla and applesauce. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; stir into the creamed mixture, then mix in the rolled oats. Cover and chill for at least 2 hours.

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.

1. Roll cookie dough into walnut sized balls, roll the balls in the confectioners sugar to coat, and place 2 inches apart onto the prepared cookie sheets.

1. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

This what the dough looks like if you only refrigerate it for 30 minutes. It is definitely much easier to work with if you actually wait the whole 2 hours to let the dough chill. I decided at 7:30 pm that I wanted a snack and couldn't wait :)

I also don't roll my cookies into balls. I prefer to use one of those small ice cream type scoops. The little one makes the perfect portion cookie for my family. This size lets the kids have "more" cookies per serving.




You can see here that the little cookies balls are quite sticky because I didn't let them chill long enough.




All coated with powdered sugar and waiting to go into the oven.




My husband doesn't like overly sweet cookies. He says that these aren't too sweet at all. With using applesauce instead of oil, they have a great apple taste to them! Apples and oatmeal go together very well. I generally replace the oil in most recipes with applesauce. It keeps things moist, cuts down on the fat, and tasty yummy!


ENJOY!!!