Orange And Oat Chewies Recipes

ORANGE AND OAT CHEWIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Grease cookie sheets. In large bowl, combine brown sugar, shortening, orange juice, orange peel and eggs mix well. Add flour, baking soda and salt mix well. By hand, stir in oats, nuts and coconut. Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls 2 inches apart onto greased cookie sheets.Bake at 350°F. for 10 to 12 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool cookies 1 minute remove from cookie sheets.HIGH ALTITUDE - Above 3,500 feet: Increase flour to 2 1/2 cups. Bake at 375°F. for 9 to 12 minutes.Nutrition Per Serving (1 cookie): Calories 100 Protein 1g Carbohydrate 13g Fat 5g Sodium 75mgFrom "Pillsbury Best of the Bake-Off® Cookbook." Copyright 2004 General Mills. Used with permission of the publisher, Wiley Publishing, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

CHEWY ORANGE-ALMOND COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper, and set aside.
• In the bowl of a food processor, blend 3 1/2 ounces almonds (about 1 cup) with a cup sugar until almonds are finely ground. Transfer almond mixture to a medium bowl. Stir in flour, orange zest, and crushed anise seeds.
• Using an electric mixer, whisk egg whites, salt, and remaining 1/4 cup sugar to soft glossy peaks. Fold egg-white mixture into dry ingredients until just blended.
• Spoon level tablespoons of batter 2 inches apart on prepared baking sheets. Using remaining 3/4 ounce almonds, arrange 3 sliced almonds on each cookie. Sift confectioners' sugar over cookies. Bake until cookies are lightly browned along edges, about 12 minutes. Cool slightly before removing from sheets with a spatula.

ORANGE OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Beat butter, white sugar, and brown sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth. Stir egg white and applesauce into butter mixture until just combined into a dough. Add orange juice with pulp and orange zest to the dough; stir.
• Mix flour, oats, walnuts, baking soda, cream of tartar, and cinnamon in a separate bowl; fold into the dough until evenly incorporated.
• Drop by heaping tablespoon onto prepared baking sheets.
• Bake in preheated oven until bottom of cookies are lightly browned, 10 to 12 minutes. Cool on baking sheets 2 to 3 minutes before moving to wire racks to cool completely.

MAPLE OAT CHEWIES (COOKIES)

Steps:

• Cream butter (a combination of half butter and half margarine works best) and sugars; add molasses, maple extract, and eggs; beat well.
• Combine flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt; add to dough; stir in oatmeal and crisp rice cereal.
• Drop heaping teaspoonfuls of dough onto greased baking sheets.
• Bake at 350 for 8-10 minutes until light golden-brown.
• Cool 2 minutes on baking sheets; remove cookies and cool completely on rack.
• Store cooled cookies in sealed container to preserve their chewy texture.