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Conference turris::cooks

Title:How to Make them Goodies
Notice:Please Don't Start New Notes for Old Topics! Check 5.*
Moderator:FUTURE::DDESMAISONSec.com::winalski
Created:Tue Feb 18 1986
Last Modified:Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:4127
Total number of notes:31160

2324.0. "altering a recipe" by GNUVAX::QUIRIY (A possum in her time...) Fri Mar 23 1990 20:06

    
    I didn't see a good place to put this, but I only looked through the
    first 200 notes.
    
    I'm not good at altering recipes, but I want to make a peanut-butter
    oatmeal cookie and I only have recipes for plain oatmeal cookies. 
    Can I just add (1/2 cup?  1 cup?) peanut butter to the oatmeal cookie
    recipe and not adjust any of the other ingredients?  Or, should I 
    increase the flour a bit?  And the liquid too?  I'd also like the 
    cookies to be cake-y or soft.
    
    Are there any guidelines or rules of thumb for decreasing or increasing 
    <this> when adding <that>?
    
    If you need a recipe, I can type one in (probably just the one off the
    oatmeal box)...
    
    Thanks,
    
    Christine
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2324.1Peanut-Oatmeal DropsAKO569::JOYGet a life!Sat Mar 24 1990 21:3721
    Here's a recipe I have for Peanut-Oatmeal Drops.
    
    3/4 c. shortening
    1/2 c. peanut butter
    3/4 c. packed brown sugar
    1/2 c. sugar
    3 eggs
    1/4 c. milk
    1 tsp. vanilla
    1 1/2 c. flour
    1 tsp. baking soda
    1/2 tsp. salt
    1 c. quick-cooking rolled oats
    1 c. chopped peanuts
    
    Cream together shortening, peanut butter and sugars, till light and
    fluffy; add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each. Blend in milk
    and vanilla. Thoroughly stir together flour, soda and salt; stir into
    creamed mixture. Stir in oats and peanuts. Drop from teaspoon 2" apart
    on greased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 for 10 to 12 minutes. Makes 6
    dozen.
2324.2LEZAH::QUIRIYA possum in her time...Sun Mar 25 1990 21:268
    
    Sounds great, thanks.  I'll try next time around.  I used the recipe on
    the back of the Quaker oatmeal box and added 1/2 cup peanut butter --
    the cookies came out dry but good tasting.  Your recipe calls for more 
    egg than the Quaker, that's the only difference I can spot by memory 
    alone.
    
    CQ