Baking with Blobby

You were forewarned. 

As the Hillbilly Fish Fry was really a potluck (fish and ribs were provided), I opted to bring a dessert, as opposed to making a side. 

There were no designations on who was bringing what, so it could have been all desserts or all sides, but it was a healthy (well, you know what I mean) mix of both. 

I was thinking of doing the cream cheese pound cake from a few months back, but I didn't have any cream cheese and honestly I thought finger food / desserts would be easier. As it would turn out many brought pies or cakes.  Store bought!  Oh, the horror!!!!

I went with cookies - oatmeal with chocolate chips and cranberries. They sounded good and more importantly, I had everything on hand. Full disclosure, I was looking for a reason to make them, other than just eating them all myself. 

Ingredients

All Purpose Flour - 1 1/2 cups

Old Fashioned Rolled Oats - 1 1/2 cups

Brown Sugar - 2/3 of a cup

Eggs - 2 large ones. room temp

Butter - 1/2 cup unsalted (1 stick). room temp

Salt - 1/2 teaspoon

Baking Soda - 1 teaspoon

Chocolate Chips - 1/2 cup (semisweet)

Dried Cranberries - 1 cup

Instructions

Cream the butter and brown sugar. 

Add the two eggs. Continue to beat. 

In a separate bowl add the flour, oats, salt and baking soda. 

I mixed, but your probably don't have to - the paddle attachment will take care of that. 

Add the flour / oat mixture in slowly.

Let it incorporate. Might need to scrape the sides once.  The dough is sticky. 

Add the cranberries and chocolate.

Stir them in by hand. The dough is stiff and sticky. The oats really absorb all moisture. 

The cookies are supposed to be spooned out with a teaspoon of dough for each cookie. 

I used a scoop that was slightly more than the teaspoon and this is what came out. 

Bake in a pre-heated 375 degree oven for 10-12 minutes. I went the full 12. I used parchment but if just using the sheet, it should not be greased. 

The first two-thirds are, and look like, drop cookies. They did not spread or anything during baking. They are more like cookie balls. 

You can see on the right that the cookies are larger. I used wet fingers and flattened them. The recipe didn't call for it, but then the first batches came out, they just didn't look right, so I went with a different approach.

The taste for all of them? Absolutely fine. Very good even. The cranberries give it a little zing, the chocolate a little sweetness, and the oats, well they practically make these a health food. 

It just came down to presentation. Even with the oats, the cookies were still moist-ish. They're not meant to be dry, so it all worked out in that regard. I'd just press them a bit next time to make them look more like traditional cookies.