So I made some fucking cookies, because I will not be thwarted, bitches.
I wanted to make some treats for the long day of tech tomorrow, and I thought I had my cookie ingredients covered without stopping anywhere. And I was right, but not because I had the shit I thought I did. Like brown sugar. Or eggs in the plural. Or peanut butter.
I did have a bag of cinnamon chips I bought at Bill's Imported Foods, because I thought it was whimsical they stocked them. And I had some greek yogurt. And oatmeal.
And that oatmeal conveniently had a recipe for cookies on the back that I fucked with until the only measurement I ended up using accurately was the leavening.
Here's what I did.
.5 cup white sugar
.5 cup raw sugar
3 tbl honey
1 tbl molasses
1 egg
1/2 cup greek yogurt
1 tsp nutmeg, fresh
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
2 sticks butter, melted
A good glug of vanilla
3 cups oatmeal
2 cups flour
1 1/2 cups cinnamon chips
Whip butter, egg, yogurt and sugars together until fluffy. Add soda, powder, salt, vanilla, nutmeg. Beat until combined. Add oatmeal, and then flour, and then chips. Chill dough for at least a half hour before baking at 350 for 10-13 minutes, depending on the size of the cookie. Keep the dough in the refrigerator between batches.
Don't let those bitches tell you that you can't make cookies without the ingredients on the side of their box. I actually used a whole half cup more of their product than they told me to- see how short sighted recipes can be? Keep the proportions of dry to wet on the same rough scale, make sure you leaven for the volume, and you can lose an egg if you have good textural substitute like yogurt.
Here's the original recipe, so you can see where I took the liberties.
1 cup packed brown sugar
1 cup sugar
3/4 cup margarine
1/4 cup shortening
2 eggs
3 tbl. milk
2 tsp vanilla extract
2 1/2 cups oatmeal
2 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
2 cups dried cranberries or butterscotch
