March 10: Scottish Oat Cookies

Scottish Oat Cookies

Ingredients:
1 1/4 cups old-fashioned or quick cooking oats (not instant)
1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons (1.8 oz) all-purpose flour
1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons (1.8 oz) whole wheat pastry flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 scant teaspoon salt
1/4 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
9 tablespoons (4.5 oz) cold unsalted butter
1/2 tablespoon golden syrup or light corn syrup
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 oz milk chocolate, such as Cadbury

1. Preheat the oven to 350 and place a rack in the center. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper or nonstick foil.
2. Process the oats in a food processor until fine; add the flours, baking powder, baking soda, and the salt and pulse to mix. Add both sugars and pulse to mix again. Add the butter and process until the mixture is coarse and sand-like. Add the corn syrup and vanilla and pulse some more. The mixture will look very dry.
3. Transfer to a wide mixing bowl and shape into two big balls. Press each ball into a disk to about 1/4 inch thickness. Cut out circles with a round cookie cutter about 2 inches in diameter. Arrange 2 inches apart on the prepared baking sheets. Bake for 12 minutes or until the edges are lightly browned. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
4. Melt the milk chocolate in a bowl set over a saucepan of barely simmering water. Spoon the melted chocolate over the cookies. When the chocolate is partially set, drag a toothpick through it and make squiggly lines in the chocolate. Allow the chocolate to set at room temperature, or quick-set it in the fridge.

Addition of the sugars

Addition of butter...it's getting a little full!

Very crumbly

Who cares about the squiggle pattern?

Thoughts: My favorite type of cookie is a chewy one.  Then comes crispy then crumbly.  I think the same goes as far as baking them. I was not crazy about baking this cookie because the dough didn't hold together well. It also didn't yield many cookies (14). If this recipe hadn't been so annoying, I would've doubled the recipe because it only made under 20 cookies. I used semi-sweet chocolate instead of milk chocolate. I don't know where my cookie cutters are so I used the top rim of a glass. The taste of the cookie was ok, Patrick liked it.