We were talking about new cookbooks, and this one was mentioned. So I just thought I would pass along a review and the first recipe I made. I LOVED it, although I did make a major change by using browned butter. The cookies in the book are both quite contemporary but also rather old fashioned by having such a heavy emphasis on "au naturel". I love rustic cooking and baking so that is right up my alley. Pictures are through the link.
Salted Browned Butter Honey and Oat Cookies
Author: Adapted from Nancy Baggett by The Spiced Life
Recipe type: cookies
Ingredients
1 1/2 cups (3 sticks) unsalted butter
1 2/3 cups dark brown sugar
1/3 cup mild honey
1/4 t fine sea salt
4 cups old fashioned rolled oats (I used Bob's Red Mill extra thick oats)
1 1/2 t baking powder
1 3/4 cups (220 g) AP flour
good quality coarse sea salt, to taste
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 325 F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone mats. Have all ingredients measured and ready before beginning.
Melt the butter in a large saucepan. After it is melted, whisk the butter constantly over medium heat until it is nicely browned but not burnt.
Turn off the heat and dump in the sugar, honey and fine sea salt. Mix until smooth with no lumps of brown sugar. Mix in the oats and baking powder. Let stand to cool for a few minutes.
Stir the flour into the dough until evenly incorporated. Let the dough stand for 5 minutes to firm up. Using a small cookie scoop (about 1 1/2 inches diameter), scoop mounds of cookie dough onto a baking sheet at least 2 inches apart. Sprinkle with the coarse sea salt, to taste.
Bake for 10-13 minutes, until brown at the edges and darker in the middle. Watch carefully toward the end, when the browning becomes more rapid. Let cookies cool on the baking sheet for 3-5 minutes and then carefully transfer to a cooling rack.
Recipe by The Spiced Life at http://thespicedlife.com/2012/11/sal...t-cookies.html
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