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ManyTracks
Homestead Cookies
Please
note, this is a true homestead cookie - measuring is optional, variations and
experimentation commonplace, substitutions assumed, variety expected. You can
hardly go wrong unless you burn them to a crisp. And yes, I've done that - if
they're really charred they go in the compost bin, otherwise Steve likes them
slightly burned (I don't). The vagaries of our woodburning cookstove and my
attention (or lack of) means I usually end up with some "Steve cookies" even
when I try not to. Works out for both of us.
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup maple syrup or honey or brown sugar (more or less depending on taste)
1 cup water, milk, or juice
2 1/2 cups whole grain flour (white flour will probably do though I've never
tried it)
3 cups rolled oats (old fashioned organic rolled oats are worth it for better
flavor)
Optional Additions - put in or leave out as your pantry or desires
dictate
1 to 2 cups dried fruit (we like raisins)
1/2 cup sunflower seeds or chopped nuts
1 or 2 eggs (when we had chickens I used eggs but haven't in years)
Peanut or other nut butter
Spices such as cinnamon or vanilla or dried ginger (try a teaspoon to start
with)
Fruit sauce or cooked squash in place of the water (makes a chewier, moister
cookie)
Mix all the ingredients together except the rolled oats
adding flour until you
have a thick pudding-like consistency
Let set for a bit for the whole grain flour to soften and, if wheat, develop the
gluten
Mix in the rolled oats. Add more flour if needed.
Place teaspoonfuls onto an oiled or floured cookie sheet
Flatten with a wet fork
Bake in a medium oven until just done.
If you overcook
they can get quite hard after cooling depending on the ingredients used. But
they are great traveling food; no worry about these guys crumbling apart.
ManyTracks Applesauce
Cookie
This cookie comes out firm but chewy (unless you cook them to
the almost burned stage which is how Steve likes them). These also hold together
well but aren't quite as long lasting and sturdy as the Homestead Cookie above
so they're not quite as good for putting in your pocket for a later snack,
especially if you're prone to forgetting that you did that.
1 quart apple or other fruit sauce or cooked squash
1/2 cup oil (it can also be made without oil if you haven't any)
2/3 cup honey or maple syrup or brown sugar
3 cups whole grain flour
Mix together all ingredients
Let set a bit to soften and bind the flour (some gluten flour helps hold things
together)
Drop by teaspoonfuls onto an oiled cookie sheet
(this is not as tough a
dough as the previous cookie)
Flatten thin with a wet fork
Bake in a medium oven until just lightly browned around the edges
Cool flat on a rack
Enjoy eating.
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Copyright © 1997 - 2009 by Susan Robishaw
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