MALTED OAT ‘n’ PISTACHIO COOKIES & A DISTINCT AWARD…GASP!!

Deeba @ PAB

16 years ago

“Food…can look beautiful, taste exquisite, smell wonderful, make people feel good, bring them together, inspire romantic feelings.

…At its most basic, it is fuel for a hungry machine.”

Rosamond Richardson

Malted Oat ‘n’ Pistachio Cookies

I made really simple healthy cookies the other day. Had some oats which were beginning to look really sad just sitting there, so out came the cookbook. …’The Great Cookie Book’. Wasn’t in the mood for some long drawn recipe; found this one which seemed as laid back as I was feeling!

Made a few changes as I obviously would want to. Added nuts to add to crunch & taste; had to be pistachios which have found loads of favour with me these days. I think even walnuts would be a great option. The original cookie was supposed to be a crisp ‘n’ crunchy cookie…ideal to serve with morning coffee! In my great laziness, didn’t realize that we needed malt extract (help, what’s that???) until I had tossed all the dry ingredients together!!!

Aaaaaaaaaaargh…very Garfield moment in my life, just like it says on my fave coffee mug you see in the pic – ‘FACE IT’ , & I had to!! I used corn syrup instead. Maybe 1 tsp would have turned out a crisp cookie, but 2 tsps turned out beautifully chewy, delicious cookies. They were wonderful warm too!

Here’s the recipe as adapted form ‘The Great Cookie Book’, pg 34.’

Ingredients:

Rolled oats – 1 1/2 cups

Brown Sugar – 1/4 cup

Egg – 1

Sunflower oil – 4 tbsps

Corn Syrup – 2 tsps ( original has malt extract???)

Method:

Mix the rolled oats, pistachios & brown sugar, breaking up lumps in the sugar, if any.
Whisk the egg + sunflower oil + corn syrup in a bowl.
Add to the above, mix well & leave to soak for 15 minutes
Preheat the oven to 190 degrees C. Grease 2 baking sheets.
Place small heaps using a teaspoon onto the sheets. Push them into a round shape with your fingers if need be. Leave some room for spreading.
Sprinkle with slivered or chopped pistachios (optional)
Bake for 10-15 minutes until golden brown.
Cool on a wire rack. Makes about 2 dozen chewy cookies.

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Am also excited to tell you about an award I got from sweet Saralynn @ Kooky Kids; an award for a ‘Blog of Distinction’.

Hey Saralynn, thanks a million, I am thrilled to get this lovely one…YAY!! This award was created by Working Mum On The Verge. Here are the rules:

Pass the award on to five blogs that make you Laugh, Cry, Think or Sigh…I love it!! I’d like to pass on the ‘Blog of Distinction’ to the following 5 who’ve made my life quite entertaining!

Amy @ Familia Bencomo who has me in splits, be it with soaps & stuff to entice DH with, or with trying to head here to buy spices (freshest on Indian soil Alfredo, she pleads). Tanti baci dear girl!
Manggy @ No Special Effects…plenty of special effect here where he claims ‘all tags come to die’. He’s quite the King of being tagged & meme’s. If you’re wondering where all the meme’s have gone, it’s all his fault!! Ha ha!! I’ve stopped thinking of learning from him; he’s far too accomplished…Sigh!
Ben @ What’s Cooking US…the child in him makes me laugh; his twists to food make me think! Distinct his style is!!
Susan @ Food Blogga…who makes me sigh when I see her posts; each more enticing than the next. Also her animated conversations with her Mom & DH are so real, they have me in hysterics! Ever heard of ‘lettuce that bites you back’…head for Susans‘! She’s got an osteoporosis event ‘Beautiful Bones’ on for May… she makes me THINK!!
Amanda @ Held By Love, Baked From Scratch…she has a most unique writing style, full of emotions *ponder*, *sulk* *+-=* (feelings in equations too); keeps me laughing & then crying; no time left to think or sigh!