Gave these to friends as a thank-you and got a great note telling me that everyone ate them heartily and asked "do we have any of those Rosey Bourne cookies left, not just any of those Rosey cookies"! glad to post this recipe its funny how so many ingredients can taste so good together.
Preheat oven to 350F.
Step 1
In a large mixing bowl with electric mixer cream together :
1 cup brown sugar packed, 1 cup gran sugar, 1 cup butter softened
Step 2
Add 2 eggs one at a time, 1 cup smooth peanut butter and 1 tsp vanilla.
Step 3
Sprinkle in 1 cup all purpose flour, 1 cup quick cooking rolled oats, 2 tsp baking soda, and 1 tsp baking powder, continue to mix.
Step 4
Add 1 cup coconut, 1 cup raisins, 1 cup fine chopped walnuts, 1 cup milk chocolate chips - mix on low.
Step 5
Drop by large spoonfuls onto ungreased air-bake cookie sheet and bake for 12 to 14 minutes. Pull out and let sit for 5 minutes before removing each one to a brown piece of paper. Once completely cool you can put them into a cookie jar.
These are good and chewy with lots of raisins. I guess you could substitute raisins with dried cranberries or chopped dates if you are not a raisin aficionado. (I think of this since I have a very dear friend who does not like raisins !!)
2 cups all purpose flour
2 cups Quaker Oats - Quick
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt - regular
1 cup butter
3/4 cup gran. white sugar
3/4 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
1 cup raisins
Preheat oven to 375F. Lightly grease with cooking spray or use shortening on air bake cookie sheet.
In large bowl combine flour, oats, baking soda and salt. Stir well to blend.
In separate bowl cream butter, sugars, eggs and vanilla together with mixer till light and fluffy, couple of minutes on med speed.
Add dry ingredients to creamed mixture and continue to beat on low till mixed.
By hand stir in raisins.
Using spoon drop by spoonfuls onto lightly greased air bake cookie sheet.
Bake at 375F for 10 minutes till light golden brown. Remove sheet from oven, let sit for 5 minutes on top so cookies can set. Then using a thin flipper remove cookies to a paper sheet on counter and allow to cool completely before moving into cookie jar.
Grease sheet again and add cookies to bake as before, repeat till finished.
I think we eat a lot of cookies! I remember eating these with fresh apple sauce, they were great to swirl and dunk right in the apple sauce. Its kind of an old fashioned recipe that my Mom made when we were kids.
Preheat oven to 350F. In a medium size saucepan melt 1/3 cup of Crisco shortening and remove from heat and cool slightly. Add 1 cup of brown sugar and 1 tbsp of molasses and stir together. In small bowl mix with a fork 1 large egg. Pour egg mixture into the saucepan with 1/2 cup of all purpose flour, 1/2 tsp baking soda, 1/2 tsp baking powder and 3/4 cup of Quaker Quick Cooking Oatmeal, and 1 cup of raisins. Stir together, dough is quite gooey.
In a 8" x 12" pan grease sides and bottom, line with parchment paper and grease again. Now pour the cookie mixture into the pan and smooth. Bake in a 350F oven for 27 to 30 minutes. The dough will puff up. Remove from oven and let cool, you will visibly see the dough drop in size. Let it rest about a half hour before you lift the parchment paper from the pan with the bar dough intact.
Once it cools another half hour you can flip over and pull off the parchment paper and then cut into 2" squares. These are slightly chewy and soft but I serve them just like a cookie from the jar!
I guess if you are from Western Canada (1930's) you would call these Matrimonial Cake and it was given to the dessert since it is made up of both smooth and rough textures which are said to reflect the contrast between the easy and difficult times of marriage. Well considering that; maybe we should be using that name if we make these once we are married and when we are single we can just call them Date Squares?? This is my Mom's recipe and they also celebrated their 60th Wedding Anniversary as of Nov 2010 so they know more about the smooth and rough spots than many of us!!!
First Step to make the Crumb Layers:
1 1/4 cup all purpose flour
1 1/2 cup Quaker Quick rolled Oats
1 cup brown sugar packed
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup soft butter (i would stay with the butter as it is better than margarine in the outcome) My spiel on butter is borrowed from my hero Julia Child - she says all things in moderation!!!!! Which is perfect. Indulge and allow yourself to enjoy just don't over do it.
Measure everything into a large bowl. Cut the butter into ingredients till crumbly. Grease a 9 x 9 inch pan. Use 1/2 of the mixture and press into the bottom of the pan. Make the date filling and spread next. Then finish top with balance of the crumble layer.
Date Filling:
1/2 lb to 2/3 lb of cut up dates
1/2 cup granulated sugar
2/3 cup water
In small saucepan combine above and heat on medium till dates are mushy. Stir and cook till you like the consistency.
Bake at 350F for 30 minutes. Top will be golden brown. Let sit till completely cool before trying to cut into squares.
The cookie jar is empty again........ These cookies are almost like a candy and you can have them ready in about 10 minutes. This is my mom's recipe but I think everyone has one very close! Kids always love to make and eat these.
1 1/2 cup gran. sugar
5 tbsp cocoa
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup Crisco shortening
3 cups quick cooking Quaker Oatmeal
1 cup large coconut
1 tsp vanilla
1/4 tsp salt
Get your cookie sheets ready - cover with wax paper or parchment paper to put the hot cookies on. You need 1 large and 1 small one.
In a medium size saucepan combine the cocoa and sugar and add the milk slowly while stirring. Heat over low until the sugar dissolves. Bring to a quick boil and add shortening and oats, stir briskly. Do not burn, turn down to medium heat. Cook 1 to 2 minutes for the oats, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and add the coconut, vanilla and salt - mix well.
Drop by large spoonful onto the covered cookie sheets and then put into refrigerator for about 1 hour to cool completely and harden. Cookies lift off easily for storage in cookie jar. If they have 3 cups of oatmeal they can't be all bad for you can they???
