Delicious pastries for tea (and for other drinks, and in general for a snack) - oatmeal cookies, can easily turn out soft if you follow the recipes of soft cookies, and also know some baking tricks.
Soft oatmeal cookies - the basic principles of cooking
Oatmeal, whole or chopped oatmeal are suitable for making oatmeal cookies, and other types of flour, for example, wheat, are usually added to this. In addition, eggs, margarine or butter, soda or a baking powder are often present in recipes. You can knead the dough in milk, yogurt or whey, sour cream or kefir, add cottage cheese to it.
Oatmeal cookies are both sweet and savory. Additives decorating its taste and texture are nuts and dried fruits, chocolate and cocoa, honey, spices and spices, fresh chopped vegetables and fruits, even biscuits with bacon and cheese are baked.
On top of cookies it is possible to decorate with poppy seeds, sesame seeds or icing.
It is useful to know that many recipes for soft cookies in general can be turned into oatmeal cookies if you replace from one third to three quarters of the flour in the original recipe with oatmeal.
Recipe 1. Soft oatmeal cookies: classic with chocolate chips and hazelnuts Ingredients
Oat flakes - 1.5 cups;
· Natural milk chocolate - three quarters of the bar;
· Walnuts or hazelnuts - half a glass;
· Wheat flour - a glass;
Butter - 2/3 packs;
· Eggs - two pieces;
· Granulated sugar - a glass;
· Honey - 2 tablespoons;
Soda - 0.5 teaspoon;
· Salt - 1/3 teaspoon.
Cooking
· Crumble oatmeal in a blender;
Mash soft butter with sugar;
· Finely chop nuts and chocolate;
· Drive eggs into the butter, add honey and mix;
· Mix flour with oatmeal, salt and soda, and in small portions add to the already mixed ingredients, knead the dough;
· Add chocolate and nuts to the finished dough;
Set the dishes with the dough a quarter of an hour to the side;
· Next, form large balls and send them to bake in an oven preheated to 190 degrees for 16-22 minutes.
Recipe 2. Soft Oatmeal Cookies: Orange
Ingredients
· Corn flour and oat flour - 1/3 cup each;
· Wheat flour - a glass;
· Eggs - two pieces;
Butter - 2/3 packs;
· Orange zest - a tablespoon;
Vanilla sugar - a teaspoon;
Candied oranges and / or lemons - 3 tablespoons;
Sugar - 2/3 cup;
· Salt - 0.5 teaspoon;
· Baking powder - a teaspoon.
Cooking
Beat eggs and sugar, add vanilla sugar, zest, butter, warmed to softness and salt in advance;
· Combine flour with baking powder and mix in small portions to other products;
· Last add candied fruit and mix everything so that they are evenly distributed over the dough;
· Cover the dishes with the dough with plastic wrap and put it in the refrigerator for 15 minutes;
· Form cookies in the form of flattened small balls and bake them for 16-18 minutes in the oven, preheated to 200 degrees.
Recipe 3. Soft oatmeal cookies: with apple
Ingredients
· Wheat flour - a glass;
Oat flakes - a glass;
Yellow raisins - a quarter cup;
Sugar - 2/3 cup;
Bullseye;
Butter - half a pack;
· Baking powder - a teaspoon;
· Eggs - two pieces;
· Salt - 1/3 teaspoon.
Cooking
· Soft butter combine with sugar and eggs, add salt;
Crumble oatmeal in a blender;
· Add oatmeal to the oil mixture;
Rinse and dry raisins in a dry pan;
· Remove the peel from the apple and rub it, then gently squeeze, removing part of the juice, but do not turn the fruit into slurry! Put an apple with raisins to the other ingredients, mix everything;
· Combine flour with baking powder and add to everything else;
· Knead the dough to a density with which round cookies can be formed that can not form in the hands of medium size;
· Place them in an oven preheated to 180 degrees and bake for approximately 25 minutes.
Recipe 4. Soft Oatmeal Cookies: Curd
Ingredients
· one egg;
· Butter - 1/3 packs;
· Low-fat cottage cheese - a pack;
Granulated sugar - 2/3 cup;
Oatmeal - a glass;
Vanilla sugar sachet;
· Baking powder - a teaspoon.
Cooking
· Grind oatmeal in a blender bowl into crumbs;
· Mix butter with sugar, mix an egg and baking powder into them, mix everything;
· Add oatmeal to the resulting mass, mix and set aside for half an hour, so that the flakes swell;
Mash the cottage cheese into a homogeneous mass with a spoon or wipe through a sieve;
· Add cottage cheese to other ingredients and mix everything;
· Form cookies in the form of medium-sized balls and send them for 20 minutes to the oven warmed up to 180 degrees.
Recipe 5. Soft Oatmeal Cookies: Banana Yogurt
Ingredients
Oat flakes - a glass;
· one egg;
· Natural yogurt - half a cup;
· Regular or cane sugar - one third of a glass;
· Wheat flour - one third of a glass;
Soda - half a teaspoon;
· Half a very ripe (spotted) banana.
Cooking
Extinguish soda in yogurt;
· Put the chopped banana in the blender bowl and turn it into mashed potatoes;
· Combine fruit, yogurt, egg and sugar, mix well;
Pour in oatmeal, stir and set the dishes aside for 10-15 minutes;
· Add flour to other products in small portions, knead the dough;
Put the dough on a baking sheet with a spoon, put in the oven and bake cookies for about 13-17 minutes at 180 degrees.
Recipe 6. Soft Oatmeal Cookies: Madeleine
Ingredients
· Wheat flour - 1/3 cup;
· 3 eggs;
· Butter - half a pack;
Oatmeal - two thirds of a glass;
Cane sugar - half a cup;
· Baking powder - a teaspoon.
Cooking
· Put the stewpan on the stove, melt the butter in it and remove the dishes from the heat, let cool;
· Add sugar and egg to the butter and mix;
· Baking powder combine with flour and gradually pour it to other products;
Knead the dough liquid enough to spill it with a spoon;
· Baking tins must always be small and shell-shaped - they don’t bake in other Madeleines. If they are not made of silicone, grease them with oil;
· Fill the molds 2/3 with the dough and put in the oven heat for 12 minutes, bake at 180 degrees.
Recipe 7. Soft oatmeal cookies: kefir with blueberries
Ingredients
Kefir - a glass;
Oatmeal - a glass;
· Vegetable oil - two tablespoons;
Soda - half a teaspoon;
· Wheat flour - a glass with a quarter;
· Sugar - two-thirds of a glass;
· one egg;
· Dried blueberries (can be replaced with any other) - 4-5 tablespoons.
Cooking
Extinguish soda with kefir and pour oatmeal into it, set aside a bowl for 10 minutes;
· Add to the dishes with kefir and oatmeal all other products except flour, mix;
· Lastly, pour in parts of flour and knead the dough of medium density;
· Form flattened large balls from it and put to bake for 15-20 minutes in the oven, heated to 180 degrees.
Recipe 8. Soft oatmeal cookies: curd and zucchini
Ingredients
Fresh zucchini - 150 g;
· Low fat cottage cheese - a pack;
Sour cream - 2-3 tablespoons;
· Wheat flour - two-thirds of a glass;
Oatmeal - two thirds of a glass;
· one egg;
Soda - half a teaspoon;
Granulated sugar - a tablespoon;
· Salt - a pinch.
Cooking
Extinguish soda in sour cream and mix it with cottage cheese;
· Zucchini grate on a coarse grater;
· Break the egg, salt and sugar to the cottage cheese, mix;
· Add grated zucchini, followed by oatmeal, stir everything and set aside for 15 minutes;
· Add flour to the ingredients and knead the dough;
· With a spoon, put the cookies on a baking sheet, put in the oven, heated to 180 degrees and wait for it to cook after 20 minutes.
Recipe 9. Soft Oatmeal Cookies: Cheese
Ingredients
Wheat flour - two-thirds of a glass;
Oatmeal - one third of a glass;
Cheese - 180 g;
Sugar - a tablespoon;
· Salt - one third of a teaspoon;
Sour cream - two tablespoons;
Butter - one third of the pack;
· one egg;
· Baking powder - a teaspoon.
Cooking
Grate the cheese on a coarse grater;
· Combine flour and baking powder, add salt;
Mash soft butter with sugar and eggs, add sour cream;
· Mix all the ingredients, including cheese and, covering the dishes with a film, remove the dough for half an hour or an hour, stand in a warm kitchen;
· Form round flat cookies and place them in an oven preheated to 180 degrees - in 15 minutes they will be ready.
Soft Oatmeal Cookies - Tips and Tricks
· Opinions differ on whether it is worth taking instant oatmeal for soft oatmeal cookies or regular herculean flakes. The choice may vary, depending on a particular recipe, on personal taste;
· For lack of a blender, oatmeal is crushed, passing through a meat grinder;
· Many people think that oatmeal cookies will be of better quality if, after kneading the dough, leave it to "rest" for a period of 10 to 60 minutes, and during this time, oatmeal, if it was taken in the form of flakes (even if ground), and not flour, absorbs moisture and swells, due to which cookies are better kept in shape, and baked evenly;
· One of the secrets of tenderness of oatmeal cookies is the sifting of wheat flour (if one is present in the recipe);
· The dough for any soft cookie should not be kneaded for too long, knead it exactly as much as you need to mix the ingredients;
· So that the dough does not stick to your hands or dishes when forming cookies, periodically moisten your fingers or a spoon with water;
· So that cookies do not stick to the pan, it is recommended to cover it with baking paper or grease with vegetable oil;
· Not to spoil the cookies while it is baking, do not open the oven door for anything;
· Oatmeal cookies run the risk of being dry and crunchy (and not at all soft) if, firstly, the cookies are made too small and thin, and secondly, if it is baked for too long;
· How soft the oatmeal cookies turned out to be, can only be judged after it has cooled, because while warm, it will always be soft;
· It is possible to preserve the extra softness of the delicacy by cooling the freshly baked cookies on a dish under a towel or in a container with a closed lid.
