Apple-Oatmeal Cookies comes from the Cookies divider in My Mom’s Recipe Box. The original is a printed Great American Home Baking recipe card featuring a photograph, preparation and baking times, a three-dozen yield, and a separate baking tip.
Original Recipe Card
Ingredients
- 1½ cups quick-cooking rolled oats
- ¾ cup all-purpose flour
- ¾ cup whole-wheat flour
- ½ cup brown sugar, firmly packed
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1½ teaspoons cinnamon
- ½ cup raisins
- 1 cup finely chopped, peeled apple (such as Granny Smith)
- 1 egg, slightly beaten
- ½ cup honey
- ½ cup oil
- ⅓ cup milk
Directions
- Preheat oven to 375°F.
- In a medium bowl, combine oats, all-purpose flour, whole-wheat flour, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon. Stir to combine.
- Stir in raisins and apples.
- In a large bowl, combine egg, honey, oil and milk. Stir in dry ingredients. Mix to form a smooth batter.
- Drop batter onto ungreased baking sheets, using a rounded teaspoon of dough for each cookies, leaving 2 inches between. Dip fingers into water. Press dough down to about 1½ inch diameter.
- Bake for 10 to 12 minutes, or until lightly golden.
- Remove sheet from oven. Transfer cookies to cooling rack.
Yield
Makes 3 dozen cookies
Timing From the Original
20 minutes preparation, 10 to 12 minutes baking
Baking Tips From the Original
Check cookies while baking to make sure they are not getting overdone on the bottoms, especially if using a dark colored baking sheet. Dark cookie sheets absorb more heat and tend to burn cookies before baking is complete.
Preservation Notes
This printed recipe card has three punched holes along its right edge and a visible horizontal crease across the lower part of the food photograph. The original photograph, typography, card number, source credit, and wear are preserved in the scan.
Notes From the Original
The card is labeled “9 Cookies & Candies,” “CARD 14,” and “Great American Home Baking.” The direction “using a rounded teaspoon of dough for each cookies” is preserved exactly as printed.
About My Mom’s Recipe Box
This recipe is part of My Mom’s Recipe Box, an ongoing preservation project dedicated to my late mother’s original recipe collection. Every effort is made to preserve the original wording, organization, handwritten notes, typewritten cards, magazine clippings, corrections, and other details exactly as they appeared in her recipe box. When clarification is helpful, it is provided separately so the original recipe remains preserved.
