One of our favorite family pastimes most Friday evenings is to hang out at Barnes and Noble. We finish our dinner early and head out to B&N which is about a mile or so from our house. Our little one Sidarth usually plays with the toy trains in the kids section and we browse through the books of our interest.
No surprises here when I say that my favorite section is the cookbook section. It is easy to get lost in the wide array of books what with beautiful pictures, great cooking ideas, tips and knowledge of cuisines from all over the world. On one such occasion I saw this Vegetarian book and loved the recipes, pictures and the ideas.
This recipe is from that cookbook with the modification of adding nutmeg to enhance the flavor of this shortcake. The original recipe called to roll out the dough into a big circle and then cut out discs using circular cutter from that. But I had trouble doing that and I patted the dough into circles.
Ingredients:
- 2/3 cup whole wheat flour
- 2/3 cup all purpose flour
- ¼ cup oatmeal
- ¼ cup sugar
- 8 Tbsp (1 stick) unsalted butter
- 1 Tbsp milk
- ½ tsp nutmeg
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ¼ cup shelled walnuts, finely chopped
- 1 tsp baking powder
- Light brown sugar for sprinkling
Method:
- Preheat the oven to 350 F and grease one or two baking sheets.
- Sift the 2 flours together and add the dry ingredients salt, sugar, oatmeal and mix well.
- Slightly warm the butter and add to this mixture. Add the walnut and nutmeg, little milk and make thick dough. (This is almost as thick as chapathi dough)
- Take small balls from the dough, pat it with your hands and make rounds. (Use a round cutter if required and make the round even).
- Continue doing the same with remaining dough. Finally brush the top with milk and sprinkle them with sugar.
- Bake for 12-15 minutes until golden.
These look delicious RC – lovely entry.
This is a good one! Will try it..btw that pile of cookies look yumm!
Wow the first pic is just amazing.. Walnuts and nutmeg ina cookie….nice
RC lovely entry for the event looks yum 🙂
Looks good RC. We can call it healthy even 😉 with the oat meal and the whole wheat flor and bite into it for breakfast don’t you think?
Thank you for this delicious entry, RC.
Maybe you could try rolling out the dough between plastic, chilling in the refrigerator and then cutting it out.
we food bloggers/foodies always be found at cook book sections in any book shop 😉 first thing i check in library or book stores is to find out abt new cook books;
Which oats did you use? instant or rolled oats?
Cookies looks so delicious and nutritious.
Delicious cookies with oats RC!
Thank you all very much.
Aparna, that is a very neat idea. I will follow it the next time.
Kumudha, I used the old fashioned rolled oats.
Thanks for replying. I should try this recipe!
That is mouthwatering stuff. So many great textures in one bite for sure.
Hello! A google search for eggless, oat, walnut cookie brought me bang onto this recipe. About to try it out now, with whatever ingredients I have.
I am already on your blog aggregator…but just thought I should thank you now for maintaining the blog roll.
Cheers and keep up all your good work!
Hello! A google search for eggless, oat, walnut cookie brought me bang onto this recipe. About to try it out now, with whatever ingredients I have.
I am already on your blog aggregator…but just thought I should thank you now for maintaining the blog roll.
Cheers and keep up all your good work!
Thanks Dibs. You really made my day.