On The Funway

Here's the recipe for the Chewy Maple Irish Oatmeal Cookies I made last weekend...or at least as much of a recipe as I can provide. A fair bit of substitution and "looks like it needs a little more of that ingredient" went into their making. ( Betty Crocker's Source Recipe )

I pretty much followed that recipe when making the Oatmeal Raisin'n'Cherry Cookies. I didn't have almond extract on hand, so substituted vanilla (that seemed a better choice than orange or lemon extract, my other readily-available options). I wanted benveniste to eat whichever of my cookies he chose, so the walnuts remained on my not-desired list. Instead of dates, I put in about 3/4 cup of Sun-Maid Goldens and Cherries dried fruit. Those cookies were okay, but I'll look for another Oatmeal Raisin recipe before trying them again. I don't think that it was just too much dried fruit -- there wasn't enough substance to the oatmeal part of the cookie, either. And they seemed oily.

Onto the star of the extravaganza: ( Chewy Maple Irish Oatmeal Cookies )

If you make them, I'd love to hear how they come out. And any changes you make to the recipe, too, of course!