Delicious Cookies

Delicious Cookies, yes that's the name and the description. The original recipe came from my husband's Grandmother who ran a cafe in rural South Dakota. I of course can not leave well enough alone, so I made a few simple changes. I replaced the margarine and rice crisp cereal and put my own spin on these delicious "Delicious Cookies".

This picture does not do these cookies justice, they are even prettier than this! The cookie has a delightful crispy texture that everyone loves. There are a lot of ingredients that go into this cookie! The recipe makes a huge batch of cookies (about four dozen). I use my handy Kitchen Aid mixer with the paddle attachment. It makes combining these ingredients so easy! I always use scoops to make evenly sized cookies and it is much faster. This is a small size scoop, sorry I don't think it has a number.

Smoosh the cookies with a fork to slightly flatten them out.

Ready for the Oven

Ready to go on the cooling rack

They come off easily from my half sheet pans. No grease required. 

Hint: Never wash your sheet pans in the dishwasher. It will dull the finish 

and your cookies will stick.

Cookies cooling on the rack!

Delicious Cookies
Yields around 4 dozen cookies

1 cup white sugar
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup butter
1 cup vegetable oil
1 whole egg
1 cup sweetened flaked coconut
1 cup oats, rolled (raw)
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cream of tartar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup walnuts, chopped fine
1 cup  Craisins^®(dried cranberries)
3 1/2 cups flour, white
1 cup rice krispies® (or your favorite crisp cereal, I use Natures Path Granola)

1.    Cream together butter and sugar, gradually add oil. Blend in other ingredients as listed above until you get to the flour. Blend in the flour and cereal at the very end. Do not over mix.

2.    Use small scoop or teaspoon size amount and drop onto cookie sheet. Flatten slightly with a fork. Bake in preheated 350 degree oven for 12 minutes. Cookie will brown slightly around edge. Cool on wire rack.


Notes: You may switch out some of the ingredients for your own preferences, such as using raisins or chopped dates instead of Craisins^® or pecans instead of walnuts.

I hope you try them sometime, you will not be disappointed!
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Sweet April

Welcome Sweet April! 

Here in Minnesota, we finally know that winter is over in the month of April. During many years, the first week of April brings a heavy coating of snow. We try to ignore this inconvenience because we know that the moisture will help our plants grow. Mostly we just wait, wait for the snow to melt and underneath we find the beauty of spring has already begun. The beauty of growing things that is. The rejuvenation of life and youth has begun for my garden anyway! This year we have a head start on spring and our yards are green and without snow. Easter will soon be here and spring will have finally sprung. Here are a few images borrowed from The Nature Notes of an Edwardian Lady by Edith Holden from the month of April.