For the perfect combination of flavors. my Oatmeal Granola Cookies are sure to please! Wouldn’t your family love to snack on these for dessert tonight?
When we got this months recipe swap, things changed up a bit, first of all, we went to a new cookbook for this new year, and our first challenge would be a cookie. Our new cookbook The Second Ford Treasury of Favorite Recipes from Favorite Eating Places, is the second book in the series and was first published in 1954….hmm my first thoughts were that cookbook really isn’t very old…. sigh, especially with I was born in 1953.
Our first recipe redo would be a classic cookie, the one and only Tollhouse cookie from its birthplace, the Toll House Inn in Whitman Massachusetts. Sadly the Toll House Restaurant is no more, having burned down in 1984, while there is a plaque on the original site, there is now also a Wendy’s and a Walgreen’s, what a sad testament to progress.
The rules of the swap are pretty simple, change at least three things about the original recipe and redo it as a more contemporary recipe. I thought about the toll house cookie in all its delicious glory and tried to remember the first time I had one, and you know I couldn’t remember! But what I did remember were the oatmeal cookies that my mother made for me while I was growing up, I remember how much I loved the raw batter and how I could eat a whole bowl without even bothering to bake them….sigh, I also remember that my mother would only let me devour raw cookie batter if it was made with butter, not the Crisco that sometimes took its place.
So when it came time to redo this classic, I had to go with a classic of my own, My mother’s oatmeal cookies. I wanted these cookies to have a little more substance to them, and honestly, raisins just didn’t seem to be enough. I had bought a bag of trail mix on a whim and decided that it would make a great addition to my favorite cookie.
If you like my oatmeal granola cookies, make sure to try my Meyer Lemon Ricotta Cookies.
If you like cookies you make also like these recipes:
- Meyer Lemon Ricotta Cookies
- Sweet and Salty Chex Mix Cookies
- Pistachio Cornmeal Butter Cookies
- Low Sugar Oatmeal Cookies
- Toffee Pretzel Peanut Butter Cookies
Oatmeal Granola Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 ¼ cups firmly packed dark brown sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 ⅔ cups flour
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3 cups old fashioned oats
- 2 cups trail mix use your favorite blend
- 1 Cup Walnuts finely chopped in food processor*
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- In the bowl of your mixer cream together butter and sugars until well blended.
- Add in the eggs, and vanilla and continue to whip until almost fluffy.
- In another bowl stir together flour, very finely chopped (should almost resemble powder) nuts, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
- Slowly add your powdered ingredients to your creamed ingredients while mixing.
- Mix well.
- Now stir in the oats and trail mix.
- Drop by scoop or teaspoon onto hot stone or slightly greased cookie sheet.
- Bake for 11-14 minutes depending on cookie size.
- Remove cookies from baking sheet or stone right away and transfer to cooling racks.
Sandra
Chef those cookies look incredible! Love your tasty photos..I wish I have them right here right now:))) Thanks for sharing, and have an amazing week!
Elin
Chef..you made these so healthy 🙂 Clever of you to swap the semi sweet chocolate morsels to healthy oats. Thumbs up. Well done !
Have a nice day,
Elin
Kim Bee
Dennis you really did a great job on this. I love that you went with trail mix. My sister would go crazy for this recipe. I must send her your link. I can just imagine myself hiking and stopping to snack on these. Not now as it’s flipping freezing out but once it’s warmed up a bit. Lol! Great recipe and pictures.
anne
I love trail mix ! I baked some cookies few months back , added a cup of trail mix , it has some m&m’s in the mix and it sure add some pretty colors to the cookies . Your cookies really looks good , it looks crunchy and chewy ! Gorgeous photos , too 😉
Boulder Locavore
Beautiful photos Chef Dennis and I love the little help you sought out for your mother’s recipe; a bit of an omen I’d say in the blogger you chose for the inspiration. These look delicious and there is nothing like a good oatmeal cookie. A classic switch up for this classic cookies recipe. Fabulous as always my friend!
Barbara | Creative Culinary
I’ve loved an oatmeal chocolate chip recipe that my grandma gave me many years ago and I love granola. I’m good with putting the two together!
Brian @ A Thought For Food
I go a bit crazy over oatmeal cookies. I’m going to have to give these a try!
Anne@frommysweetheart
I love the transformation of this classic cookie! And the trail mix is a great idea since you can continually change up the cookie depending on which kind you use! I think the grandmothers are on to something here! : )
Camilla Fay (Caffay Way)
You made me laugh when mentioning how awesome it is to eat cookie dough! I had a long conversation about that with a dear friend just last week. I feel like I’ve had cookie dough and frosting for dinner a lot lately with all of this holiday baking. What a great idea to use trail mix in an oatmeal cookie. I have a mix that I love to make, and will now try to incorporate it into a cookie thanks to your creative post. Glad to have joined this swap group!
Alli
I just want to take a bite of that corner of the cookie with the almond sticking out! What a great idea to use trail mix in the cookie…gives a whole new meaning to a ‘breakfast cookie’ 🙂 I will have to test this out!
Burwell General Store
Hmm…. these look like they would keep well… on the trail!!! I’m going to try this to take along with me for my next backpacking trip. Thanks, Dennis, as always, for participating in the swap and I always look forward to your amazing recipes, and stories.
Jess Wakasugi {Life's Simple Measures}
These look wonderful, I love how they have some volume! Thick cookies are my favorite 🙂 I also think the finely processed walnuts would taste so wonderful. Can’t wait to try these out, pinned!
balvinder
I am sure it would have been really fun swapping the cookie recipe ingredients with your mother’s classic.They look crunchy as well as chewy.
Cassie
Fantastic cookie! I love these vintage recipes, Chef Dennis!
Kath
That’s a terrific-looking cookie, Dennis! What are the ingredients in the trail mix you got? I’m assuming it includes chocolate. Is that right?
Chef D
you know I never thought about what was in it, it was a store made trail mix at wegman’s, I do think it had some chocolate in it, but not very much, I almost added chocolate chips to it. it was mostly nuts, fruit, and little nibbly things.
Alice Greenfield
Very good recipe. Made 1/2 of ingredients and added granola. Cruspy and good consistency. Needed 5 more minutes cooking.
Chef Dennis Littley
thank you Alice!