Found this recipe online last week. I was hoping they'd replace the animal crackers we buy. Made a double batch this morning with Matilda helping from her usual spot on the island and Linnea nearly doubled over and snoring in the pouch. They were fun enough to make but they taste like pie crust. Pie crust by itself really isn't all that. I'm thinking the dough could stand a little vanilla.
1/2 cup oatmeal
2 tsp honey
1/4 to 1/8 tsp salt
3/4 cup flour
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/4 cup butter, softened
4 Tbsp buttermilk
Do not grease cookie sheet. Grind oatmeal in a blender until fine. Add honey, salt, flour and soda. Cut in butter. Add buttermilk.
Roll dough very thin; cut out with animal cookie cutters. Bake at 400 degrees (F) until brown, 10 to 12 minutes (we used small cookie cutters so I only baked them for 7 minutes).
Comments (9)
I think I would add some cinnamon, too.
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April 15, 2007 1:01 PM
Posted on April 15, 2007 13:01
Have you tried the animal crackers at A&J (our bakery)? They are GREAT. I was thinking a more creative mind than my own (i.e. yours) could figure out some similar version at home - the package includes the info. They're whole wheat and molasses and I don't know what all yummy else.
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April 15, 2007 1:47 PM
Posted on April 15, 2007 13:47
I would try adding nutmeg.
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April 15, 2007 1:53 PM
Posted on April 15, 2007 13:53
problem: they are growing on me. guess i like pie crust!
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April 15, 2007 2:44 PM
Posted on April 15, 2007 14:44
ok. final verdict: don't make these. the two-year old won't eat them. as soon as it stops raining, we're feeding the birds.
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April 15, 2007 5:44 PM
Posted on April 15, 2007 17:44
oh my goodness. i have just discovered your site--i can't even remember how--and i'm hooked. i'll be back for sure.
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April 16, 2007 12:56 PM
Posted on April 16, 2007 12:56
Hi! I'm newly enamored with your site as well :-)
Here is a totally different type of cookie, but with lots of nutritious ingredients. My 2-year-old ate them. I can't promise he would again. But he did. More than once.
Sunflower-Sesame Molasses Cookies
1 cup Sunflower Seeds, toasted
1/2 cup Sesame Seeds, toasted
1 3/4 cup Whole Wheat Flour
1 1/2 tsp Pumpkin Pie Spice (or: 3/4 tsp cinnamon, 1/2 Cardamom, 1/4 nutmeg)
1/2 tsp Sea Salt
1/2 tsp Baking Soda
1/2 cup oil
1/3 cup Maple Syrup or Agave Nectar
1/3 cup Blackstrap Molasses
1 egg
1 tsp Vanilla Extract
2 tbsp milk (nondairy works too)
preheat oven to 350F, Grease cookie sheet
1.) Coarsely chop seeds. Add to dry ingredients. Whisk together.
2.)Seperately beat wet ingredients. Add to dry.
3.) Drop my tbsp on prepared sheet.
12 minutes in oven. Cool on wire rack.
They're quite yummy. Reminiscent of Ginger Snaps, but of course much more earthy.
Keep up the good work!
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April 17, 2007 3:44 PM
Posted on April 17, 2007 15:44
!!! Am totally making those. Thank you christaface. Do you think the dough would stand rolling out?
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April 17, 2007 6:04 PM
Posted on April 17, 2007 18:04
Hi. I don't think it would work- I've only made them once, and as I recall the dough was pretty sticky and soft. I've made cookies of a similar texture with Emmit, and I gave him his own portion to squish his hands through, and that worked. I should note- they are a soft cookie- Ginger Sparkler is a better comparrison as I'm realizing now that "snap" usually equals crunchy. And also- they'd probably be good with raisins, if you guys like 'em. Good luck!
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April 17, 2007 11:07 PM
Posted on April 17, 2007 23:07