How to make crispy/crunchy oatmeal cookies ?

[vmars316]

Hello & Thanks ,
I love oatmeal and crispy/crunchy cookies .
But so far I have found only chewy oatmeal cookies.
Anyone have a recipe for crispy/crunchy oatmeal cookies ?

..Thanks..Vern

 

[Becky]

Welcome to the forum Vern!

In the past I have accidentally overbaked some oatmeal cookies, and they went crunchy. The recipe was meant to give chewy cookies but they were too thin and got overcooked! They were actually quite nice crunchy though. So perhaps just adjust how you bake them!

 

[vmars316]

Welcome to the forum Vern!
perhaps just adjust how you bake them!

Thanks..vm

Btw: I get a warning from my email program(Thunderbird) when I click on the "view this thread" to Reply . Thunderbird is warry of baking-forums Reply mechanism , which uses this
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Thanks..vm

 

[Winterybella]

http://food52.com/blog/11892-crispy-crunchy-oatmeal-cookies

A quick search online revealed the one above. I wish I could speak from personal experience but that would include some hits and misses and general confusion where cookies are concerned. I am sure in my brief experience some that were probably suppose to be soft were crunchy and in my case came out more like cakes than cookies.

 

[vmars316]

Thanks All ;

I found this :
* http://allrecipes.com/recipe/9982/oatmeal-crispies-ii/
1/2 cup unsalted butter
1 cup rolled oats
3 tablespoons self-rising flour
1/2 cup white sugar
1 egg, beaten 1
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Looks quite easy , I'm a computer programmer , not a cook .
But recipie brings up some ?s .
1) can I use some amount of corn oil vs butter ,How much oil ? ?
2) can I use regular flour , or is the self-rising important here ?
3) what is it that makes cookies stick (glue) together , sugar/flour ?
4) I am thinking that flour and water makes a good glue ,
since flour and water mixed , make paper-mache glue .
I am wondering does it translate to baking ?

Thanks...Vern

 

[Winterybella]

Vmars316, I am glad you found something that can work for you. When it comes to cookies these days and I starting to have mixed feelings. Some taste great crunchy and others taste great a little chewy. The rocks I made are another story.

 

[Ian]

Btw: I get a warning from my email program(Thunderbird) when I click on the "view this thread" to Reply . Thunderbird is warry of baking-forums Reply mechanism , which uses this
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Thanks..vm

Hi Vern, that message is safe to ignore. The server we use to send e-mails is indeed called Mandrill and it directs the links through that domain when we send them - most other e-mail clients are ok with this as it is a very well known method, however Thunderbird things that the e-mail is trying to hide the domain name (like a scam e-mail from a bank might work), so it gives a warning. Just wanted to let you know it's ok . There's a little more info on this here.

 

[vmars316]

Hi Vern, Thunderbird things that the e-mail is trying to hide the domain name (like a scam e-mail from a bank might work), so it gives a warning. Just wanted to let you know it's ok . There's a little more info on this here.

Ok , Thanks Ian...vm