Double oats baking day. Star anise oatmeal cookies. Walnut, pecan and craisin granola.
Normally I’ll eat tre granola with yogurt but recently I tried adding a little bit on a bowl of Grape Nuts cereal and it really adds some depth to that.
Granola cost 81¢ per 11 ounces instead of 2.69 for Walmart brand granola. Cookies cost: 6¢ each.
I should eat more granola… I’ve only ever made granola mixes, haven’t tried making bars/cookies. Those look like a perfect work snack!
I’ve got bars but I find the mix to be easier and more convenient.
Star anise? I think I heard that tastes like black licorice?
But back to the cookies thing. It is awesome. It makes you want to eat more cookies. The combination of the sugar and the butter and the oats with that little bit of star anise is perfect. You will not find this in stores. You will wonder why it’s not in stores once you try it.
Here’s the recipe
Batch size: 40 cookies
1 1/2 cups rolled oats (old-fashioned).
1/2 cup granulated sugar.
1 cup all-purpose flour.
1 teaspoon vanilla extract.
1 teaspoon ground star anise.
1 egg.
1/2 tsp salt.
1/2 tsp baking soda.
1/2 cup brown sugar.
1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temp.
1 teaspoon baking powder.- Preheat the oven to 350°f
- Line two baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and ground star anise in a medium mixing bowl.
- In a large mixing bowl, cream together the butter and both sugars until light and fluffy.
- Incorporate the egg and vanilla extract.
- Mix in the flour mixture until it is just combined with the butter mixture.
- Incorporate the rolled oats.
- Drop rounded tablespoons of dough onto the prepared baking sheet.
- Bake for 12-15 minutes, or until golden brown around the edges.
- Cool for a few minutes on the baking sheet before transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely.
Makes you eat more cookies? You realize summer is coming and I need to keep my beach body looking good.
Thanks for the recipe! I’ll have to buy star anise to try them out.
It’s expensive. But if you have a giant super mega international market they may hay it for cheap and you can grind it in your spice/coffee grinder.
RIP your body. Summer or otherwise.
Closest I have to an international market is one aisle in the grocery store.
I guess I’ll be enjoying the sun after all.
How far away is the nearest super mega international asian market? For me it’s about 30 miles. I always plan to spend at least 2 hours going through every single aisle to make sure I didn’t miss anything good. The prices are absolutely amazing on bulk spices. They totally justify the gas money. It’s like Disneyland for food
Does the bulk barn count?
I’m not familiar with that.
It does. But sometimes it’s the secret little thing that makes a spaghetti sauce more savory. You can replace garlic with it in some cases. It only takes the tiniest amount. Like for a 28 oz can you want just a quarter teaspoon worth. It adds depth of flavors and is perfect in that situation.
Don’t tell anyone.
That’s very interesting.
I can’t imagine something that can replace garlic be good in cookies though. But I’ve never had star anise in cookies yet. Maybe I’ll try it one day.
