By popular demand (okay, one person asked), here's your
Recipe-of-the-Day (don't be fooled, there probably won't be a
recipe-of-the-day, but at least you'll have this one). What
better way to start off the day then with cookies! And not the
kind that track your movements on the web in some CIA-sponsored
people-watching plan subsidized by shady arms deals. These dish
pan cookies have been a staple of cookiedom at my house since I was a
wee lad.
What you'll need (the damp stuff):
2 cups brown sugar
2 cups white sugar
2 cups liquid shortening
4 eggs (slightly beaten)
2 tsp vanilla
What you'll need (the dry stuff):
4 cups flour
1 1/2 cups quick oats (as opposed to Hall and Oates, which don't
work as well in cookies)
2 tsp baking soda
4 cups crushed cornflakes
Optional:
Raisins, chocolate chips, nuts, or pretty much anything else you
feel like, though strawberries probably won't do the trick.
What to do once you've got all that on the counter:
Stir all the wet ingredients together. Then add the dry
ingredients (or if you want to do it the other way around, I won't
stop you). Spoon 'em out into balls onto a cookie sheet.
You can grease the cookie sheet if you want to, but, really, there's
enogh liquid goo in these babies that they probably won't stick.
What size balls? Well, if you want small cookies, use small
balls; if you want bigguns, go with larger balls. If you insist
on dimensions here, why not go with, oh, I don't know, 1-inch
diameter cookie balls. Leave some room in between, 'cause
they'll spread out and make flat, round cookies when they're done.
Okay, now that you've got that taken care of (sheesh, you ask a
lot of questions), bake 'em at 350 degrees Fahrenheit (where do you
think we are, Canada?) for about 10 minutes. Check 'em at about
8 minutes. If they've spread out, pull out the sheet and let
them cool. They'll continue cooking a bit. Spatula those
suckers off the pan and eat up. They're best when they're warm
and squishy.
The recipe above makes 100-120 cookies, but you'll probably eat a
bunch of the dough. You've been warned.