![]() Gently melt the butter in a medium saucepan. In a small bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, salt, fennel and poppy seeds. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper, Silpat isn't as good for these cookies. Preheat oven to 350F / 180C with a rack in the top third. Also, I used poppy seeds and fennel here, but you could introduce spices, or finely chopped nuts, or take them in whatever flavor direction you can dream upġ 1/2 cup / 5 oz uncooked rolled oats (not instant) You can absolutely use brown or Muscovado sugar in place of the white sugar called for here (and I have in the past), but the cookies tend to lose their snap more quickly. I've baked them using natural cane sugar, Muscovado sugar, and a blend of the two. One last note for you bakers out there - you can certainly trade out the type of sugar you use here, as long as it is fine-grain. Their life-cycle goes something like this: chewy and hot just from the oven, snappy when cool for a few hours, not as snappy (but still tasty) beyond that. These are cookies best enjoyed the same day, preferably 15 minutes after they come out of the oven. The dough comes together fast, and compared with many other doughs, it's easier to manage when you have a little kitchen helper - faster baking. These are lacier, and a bit less substantial. They're different from these snappy whole wheat favorites. Just know, these are a specific type of cookie. It's all quick to pull together, and the resulting cookies are razor thin and lacy, golden, freckled with poppy seeds, with and anise accent from crushed fennel seeds. It's a stove top dough, so I don't have to bother pulling out the big electric mixer, and there are all sorts of aspects I suspect he'll like - pounding fennel seeds with a mortar and pestle, using an egg-beater to blend the sugar and egg, and working with dough that transforms from little bumps to pancake flat in a short baking time. So, my plan is to try these cookies with him. It's super fun, although, I will say (like many adults I know) he tends to lose interest if a baking project is too involved. ![]() He loves making Belgian waffles, blanching broccoli, and baking cookies. ![]() The number of times I utter the word careful is mind-numbing. And we cook and bake together when he comes to stay - imagine me hovering over him, pointing out hot surfaces every ten seconds. Remember when Jack was tiny? Well, he's not anymore. ![]() Hi all - I thought I'd take a stab at a kid-friendly oatmeal cookie recipe today. ![]()
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