I thought for Mother's Day it would be fun to post one of my Great-Grandma's recipes. More of her story can be found on the post I wrote about her frozen fruit salad. She had a very interesting childhood living with her mom and grandparents after her dad passed away.
It sounds like her grandparents were quite the business people and were in to a little bit of everything! Since she had a stroke when I was very young, I don't remember her cooking. But her recipes still live on. This is one that I have heard of her making frequently.
The recipe said it yields 9 dozen cookies and by George if I didn't get exactly 9 dozen. To be fair, I had to work pretty hard scraping the bowl to get the last one... but I wasn't going to come up one short!
I thought it was really interesting that this cookie has a two day prep.
Day 1: make dough, roll into balls, roll balls into sugar and put in the fridge.
Day 2 : flatten balls, bake and enjoy
Yield: 9 dozen cookies
Great-Grandma's Oatmeal Step On Cookies
These cookies take a little time to make, but it is mostly hands off. The results are a smooth cookie with a nice chew unlike any other oatmeal raisin cookie you've had!
prep time: 8 hourcook time: 8 MINStotal time: 8 hours and 8 mins
ingredients:
- 1 1/2 cups butter
- 2 cups sugar
- 3 eggs
- 2 cups oatmeal
- 1 cup raisins
- 3 3/4 cups flour
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 2 teaspoon baking soda
- a little salt
instructions
- Cream together butter and sugar.
- Mix in eggs. Then stir in the dry ingredients.
- Roll into small balls, about an inch in diameter, then roll balls in sugar.
- Chill overnight.
- Flatten out with a glass bottom the next day and bake at 375 F for about 8 minutes. She says "keep them light"
Copyright: Cooking With Carlee 2018
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Look delicious, and you know if it came from Grandma then it's gotta be good!
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DeleteThis is one I'm going to try. Thanks for sharing on #AnythingGoes link UP
ReplyDeleteI love oatmeal cookies, these sound wonderful! Thanks for sharing at What'd You Do This Weekend?!
ReplyDeleteThese have a different texture than any other oatmeal cookie I have ever tried. It was fun to bake from one of my great-grandma's favorite recipes.
DeleteI need these awesome cookies in my cookie jar! Hope you are having a great day and thanks so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday this week.
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Miz Helen
They are a long time family favorite and worth making! Thanks for hosting, have a great week.
DeleteYum, these look great! I love pretty much any kind of oatmeal cookie that I can get. Plus it has raisins so I'm sold! Thank you for sharing with us at Throwback Thursday!!
ReplyDeleteThese are fun because they have a completely different texture than most oatmeal cookies. Some people didn't even recognize them as oatmeal cookies until I told them what they are. That great-grandma of mine was on to something!
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