Remember when Family and Consumer Science was called Home Economics, or as the cool kids called it, “Home Ec”?
Just me?
I guess I’m dating myself. When I was in high school, we called it Home Ec and there, I learned some things about sewing and cooking (my Mom definitely taught me a lot more about both). I am sure that there were other important things we were taught in class but I only remember goofing around and laughing a lot- probably good to be doing around an oven or a sewing machine.
Halfway across the country, my husband also took a Home Ec class in high school. He learned how to make oatmeal cookies and twenty years later, he still has the recipe card printed from a ditto machine, so much did he fall in love with these cookies.
note the tiny check marks in the margin
As a chocolate lover, I have always preferred classic chocolate chip over oatmeal when it comes to cookies.
Over the years, Pa and I have placed bets on which cookies will be more popular at family functions- his or mine. He always wins.
He brought them to a work cooking competition? They won a prize.
Now he refers to them as award-winning cookies.
I have come to appreciate these cookies more and more, especially as my affinity for coconut grows.
Home Ec Oatmeal Cookies
These are a chewy cookie and the addition of coconut takes them to another level.
1 stick butter
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 egg beaten
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup flour
1 cup quick-cooking oatmeal
1 cup coconut
+Assemble anyone who may want to help out (or just look cute)
starting early
+Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees
+Measure out dry goods and whisk them all together
+Cream butter, sugars, and beaten egg
love the yellow
+Add vanilla and mix
+Slowly add dry goods to creamed mixture
cookie dough
+Using an ice cream scoop, drop dough onto baking sheets
+Bake cookies for 10-15 minutes depending on how “done” you prefer them
+Remove from baking sheets and cool on cooling racks
+Plate up and enjoy!
Thoughts- it would be really easy to make these healthier by cutting the sugar in half, using whole wheat flour in place of white flour, or cutting out some of the coconut.
These look delicious.
I’m more of an oatmeal cookie lover. Thanks for sharing the recipe.
No problem, glad you liked it!
These looks great. I see in the orginial recipe it calls for shortening. Have you made them both ways? I know my Nana always baked with shortening but I assume for health reasons you changed it to butter?
I half the amount of sugar in a lot of my baked goods recipes and you can hardly tell. I will be making these cookies as soon as my easter chocolate/baked good stash is gone! I love oatmeal cookies but have never made them with coconut.
I have never used shortening in this recipe. My mom cooked with it a lot growing up but I am kind of scared of it now.
Seriously, I know what you mean about Easter goodies. I am glad we have a break from holiday candy until Halloween. Let me know how they turn out.
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