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Oatmeal Cookies

A simple baked cookie made with oatmeal flour, shortening, and baking powder.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Oatmeal Cookies

Oatmeal Cookies

Oven, in the book's wordsA moderate oven

Ingredients

Directions

The book says “a moderate oven”. The 350°F (175°C) in the steps is the modern equivalent, not the book's own figure.

Prepare

  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C).

  2. Roll out the dough thinly on a surface dusted with oatmeal flour.

  3. Cut into desired shapes.

Bake

  1. Bake in the preheated oven until golden.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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Explore the science

What each ingredient does

Oatmeal flour
Forms the dough's base and gives the cookies an oaty, nutty flavor.
Shortening
Adds fat that tenderizes the dough and gives a short, crumbly texture.
Baking powder
Releases gas during baking to help the cookies rise and lighten.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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