- Ginger flax cookie - chunks of crystallized ginger, molasses, flax, rye flakes. They also used canola oil, which I felt made it tasty kind of greasy. I enjoyed the chewy texture and the "healthiness" of it, but felt I could do better. More on that below.
- Lemon poppyseed - like the muffin, but in cookie form. No complaints but not a favourite. More crumbly than chewy, tending more towards a shortbread.
- Green tea cookie - green tea, dried cranberries, possibly some nuts, (I nibbled on this during a lecture so I wasn't paying attention), and a chunk of chocolate in the middle. This one was tasty and I'd consider buying another one.
- Hot! chocolate - a spicy chocolate chip chocolate cookie! Ooo. I haven't seen this again since the one day I happened to notice it, so I'm waiting impatiently for them to come in again so I can try one.
Sweet, chewy, soft, and full of autumny flavours: ginger, cinnamon, cloves, apples.
And now, about the recipe.
- It is quite heavy on the crystallized ginger, but I feel that their natural chewiness makes them perfect for bars. There is quite a bit of sugar on them already, so I didn't need to add any extra - only a little honey, since I needed a little extra moistness.
- You'd think with all the oats and flax that they'll turn out like a granola bar, but there are enough other cookie-dough ingredients that make them turn out very oatmeal-cookie-ish in texture.
- Instead of gross tasting canola, I used a combination of applesauce and butter. Mostly applesauce, really, since these are all oatmeally and healthy. But a little bit of butter is always necessary for that je ne sais quoi in baked goods.
- As a side note, it seems I can't seem to stop making bulleted lists anymore. But you gotta admit, they do make for easier reading...
Dry:
1.5 cups old fashioned (big flakes) rolled oats
3/4 cup flax meal
1.5 cup whole wheat flour
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground cloves
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 cup crystallized ginger, chopped
3/4 tsp salt
Wet:
1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
1 egg
1/4 cup butter
1/4 cup honey
2 tsp vanilla extract
1. Mix dry ingredients together. And preheat the oven to 350 F.
2. Make a well and add wet ingredients.
3. Mix well with a spatula and/or hands.
4. Press tightly into an appropriately-sized greased pan (I think mine was 8" by 8").
5. Bake for about 25 minutes or until the edges start to brown a little.
6. I cut this into pieces while it was still warm, though they aren't hard, so it probably doesn't matter.
Hi! So my questions is: did you LIKE these? I just made them because I'm always making concoctions of ingredients just like these. I'm not sure anyone I know would call them good...though I just ate a chunk and sort of enjoyed it; more the texture of it than anything. Good experiment though. Thank you for sharing. I love baking and don't regret making them for the fun of it, though I will not be making them again. :)
ReplyDeleteAshley
*chuckle*... Yeah, I did like them, and my roommate seemed to - she ate a lot of them.
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry you didn't really, though. Oh well. Was it too much ginger? :) Cheers!
HI Charlie, I feel bad now for such a discouraging comment because I ended up REALLY liking them, shared them with a van full of people on a road trip and they ALL liked them. My first impression was a little dissappointing I think because I was expecting something slightly sweeter, when that makes no sense because one reason I made them was because they were reduced significantly in sugar and I like not-too-sweet baked goods.
ReplyDeleteSo, if I may change my opinion of your recipe, I would like to say that I really liked it as a good granola-bar type of treat. Good source of energy and an enjoyable way to get it.
Never again will I post a first impression so quickly after tasting my first bite. Lesson learned.
Thank you!
Ashley