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ManyTracks
Homestead Cookies
Please
note, this is a true homestead cookie - measuring is optional, variations and
experimentation commonplace, substitutions assumed, variety expected. You can
hardly go wrong unless you burn them to a crisp. And yes, I've done that - if
they're really charred they go in the compost bin, otherwise Steve likes them
slightly burned (I don't). The vagaries of our woodburning cookstove and my
attention (or lack of) means I usually end up with some "Steve cookies" even
when I try not to. Works out for both of us.
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup maple syrup or honey, or brown sugar (add the latter with dry
ingredients)
1 or 2 eggs (when I have them)
Peanut or other nut butter
Fruit sauce or cooked squash in place of the water (makes a chewier, moister
cookie)
~1 cup water, milk, or juice (or enough to equal 2 cups liquid). Stir all
together.
2 cups whole grain flour (white flour will probably do though I've never
tried it)
2 cups rolled oats (old fashioned organic rolled oats are worth it for better
flavor)
1 to 2 cups dried fruit (we like raisins)
1/2 cup sunflower seeds or chopped nuts
Spices such as cinnamon or vanilla or dried ginger (try a teaspoon to start
with)
Mix the dry ingredients together
Add the wet mixture. Stir.
Add more flour if needed, or more liquid to get a
fairly wet cookie dough
Let set for a bit for the whole grain flour and oats to soften and, if wheat, develop the
gluten. It will firm up some; adjust with flour or liquid if need be.
Place teaspoonfuls onto a lightly oiled or floured cookie sheet
Flatten with a wet fork
Bake in a medium oven until just done.
If you overcook
they can get quite hard after cooling depending on the ingredients used. But
they are great traveling food; no worry about these guys crumbling apart.
ManyTracks Applesauce
Cookie
This cookie comes out firm but chewy (unless you cook them to
the almost burned stage which is how Steve likes them). These also hold together
well but aren't quite as long lasting and sturdy as the Homestead Cookie above
so they're not quite as good for putting in your pocket for a later snack,
especially if you're prone to forgetting that you did that.
1 quart apple or other fruit sauce or cooked squash
1/2 cup oil (it can also be made without oil if you haven't any)
2/3 cup honey or maple syrup or brown sugar
3 cups whole grain flour
Mix together all ingredients
Let set a bit to soften and bind the flour (some gluten flour helps hold things
together)
Drop by teaspoonfuls onto an oiled cookie sheet
(this is not as tough a
dough as the previous cookie)
Flatten thin with a wet fork
Bake in a medium oven until just lightly browned around the edges
Cool flat on a rack
Enjoy eating.
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Copyright © 1997 - 2009 by Susan Robishaw
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