Tuesdays With Dorie: Peanut Butter Oatmeal Chipsters
Yesterday did not seem like Monday, so I almost forgot to do my baking. It just seemed like a little extra slice of Sunday. Luckily, common sense prevailed and I put myself to work baking Peanut Butter Oatmeal Chocolate Chipsters.
These cookies, they are good.
After my previous disaster run of cookies (the tremendous Granola Grabbers), I was very careful not to burn the Peanut Butter Oatmeal Chipsters, and I still had time to watch Killer Klowns From Outer Space in the meantime. Nothing of real incidence to note, except that every ingredient was already in my pantry or refrigerator. No multiple last-minute grocery runs this week, and as such it was fairly stress free. Everything came together nicely. I got exactly sixty cookies out of the batch (as the great and wonderful Dorie predicted in her bakebook), and not a one of them came out badly (although a few came out a little too “eaten” to share; oops).
Ten went to my girlfriend’s house to share with family. Ten went with my sister to share at school. Five went to my friend Brad for introducing me to sushi and sashimi yesterday afternoon. Five went to my friend Kelly who has waited long enough to get a taste of this sweet, sweet TWD gold. Fifteen went to the office for coworker stress binges. Finally, fifteen stayed at home for my family and/or belly.
Coming soon: I’ve been reading a cookbook called Eat, Shrink & Be Merry by Janet & Greta Podleski. A review of the material and some recipe tests are in the cards, and I’ll be sharing my home-cooking adventures. I hope you enjoy it when it comes.
September 2nd, 2008 at 12:01 am
Looking good dude! Glad your cookies were enjoyed by all. Great job!
Clara @ iheartfood4thought
September 2nd, 2008 at 12:58 am
Your pawning off method is wonderfully mathematical. Very nicely done.
September 2nd, 2008 at 7:59 am
Nice job on the cookies! Wow, that was very precise. I made a half batch. I have no idea how many cookies I got. Some got eaten. Some are left. I can’t work that hard.
September 2nd, 2008 at 8:23 am
Here I thought that my husband was just ‘kidding’ about Killer Clowns from Outerspace….Oh…Lord!
I think I ate way to much dough.
September 2nd, 2008 at 10:36 am
I’m with you. . I kept thinking yesterday was Sunday and I would bake on Monday! But my brain finally caught up with the calendar and I made my cookies. Yours look great, as always.
September 2nd, 2008 at 10:40 am
With my first half-batch I got exactly 30 cookies. With the second, I only got 28. I think I ate too much dough out of the second batch… =)
September 2nd, 2008 at 2:38 pm
I got 54 cookies, so close enough for me. I love how you distributed them. TWD makes it easy to be generous. Your photographs are getting downright professional looking, btw.
September 2nd, 2008 at 2:50 pm
it’s good to be your friend! great looking cookies, by the way.
September 2nd, 2008 at 3:12 pm
These look delicious! And such meticulous tracking of where the cookies went! I agree — a long weekend throws off the whole Tuesday posting thing. Great job — glad everyone liked the cookies.
September 2nd, 2008 at 3:28 pm
I love when something comes together so easily without extra trips to the store. Your cookies look wonderful and I can’t wait to see what you think about that book.
September 2nd, 2008 at 4:34 pm
Nice looking cookies! I would make them again for sure.
September 2nd, 2008 at 7:16 pm
Dude - nice looking cookies! And what a relief to have all the stuff in the pantry/fridge.
Great job
Have a delicious day!!
September 2nd, 2008 at 7:51 pm
oh they were so yummy!
September 2nd, 2008 at 9:43 pm
Glad you enjoyed the cookies! I ate half a dozen out of the oven because a cookie is only warm and wonderful once!
September 2nd, 2008 at 11:07 pm
Oh, how you taunt us with gorgeous cookies and promises of eating and shrinking. Be sure to share all the secrets to endless buttery cookies and skinny jeans.
September 3rd, 2008 at 2:31 pm
I went ahead and made a half batch - and to make sure I didn’t eat them all the remainder are going to my son’s soccer game tonight! Great job on your cookies!
September 3rd, 2008 at 2:33 pm
KILLER KLOWNS! Love. And I love that your division of the cookies sounds like a math problem- if Mike bakes 60 cookies and gives 10 to his sister, 15 to his coworkers, etc, etc, etc… then how many cookies end up in Mike’s stomach?
September 3rd, 2008 at 6:47 pm
Your cookies look perfect! Don’t you love when you have all of the ingredients at home? Great job sharing the TWD ‘love’ with family and friends, I bet everyone really enjoyed them
September 4th, 2008 at 12:26 am
Wow these look good. You were smart to get rid of them. Thanks for not posting the calories…I was going to have to hunt you down.
Hope you like the whoppers next week- I love them!
September 4th, 2008 at 1:24 am
These look amazing. How did they taste? And p.s. - I have fudge recipe that knocks off people’s socks. Lol. I’m also back into the internet world after the craziest month of my life.
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September 7th, 2008 at 5:07 pm
Ok, second comment in a row. My husband has advised me to not pass on the award, and has told me it is spam. So no award. But I do love your writing!
September 8th, 2008 at 1:07 am
Ok…this is the second time I have read this post and I HAVE to say those cookies look really yummy. That is all.
September 9th, 2008 at 12:23 pm
“Eat, Shrink, and Be Merry” is a fantastic cookbook. I’ve made a couple of things from it recently, and my normally picky husband actually enjoyed them! You should check out the “Cooking Light” cookbook too.
Love your blog!