Chewy Apple Cranberry Oatmeal

Yet another pumpkin seed snack,   

this cookie is a variation on King Arthur Flour's "Chewy Oatmeal Cookie" and it is full of cranberries nuts and apples. 



 




To be ready to cream well, the coconut oil and buttermilk were beaten together and put in the refrigerator to chill while the other ingredients were being prepared.  


While the coconut oil mix was chilling, the pumpkin seeds were ground and sifted with the salt, cinnamon, flour, baking powder, and baking soda, then whisked and set aside.

 The apples and walnuts were chopped about the size of the cranberries. 









I got distracted and let my coconut oil / buttermilk mix get a little too warm. When I dumped the sugars in and beat them together, I slowly got soup. The creaming didn't begin until I put the mixing bowl in the freezer for a few minutes. Once it creamed I beat the egg and vanilla together and mixed it in just until it was smooth. This isn't a very moist mix. I beat in the flour, pumpkin seed, baking powder, baking soda, and salt, and it was obvious the mixer wouldn't be able to handle the oats. I got a stout spoon and dumped in the oats, nuts, cranberries, and apples and stirred a lot.

The recipe made 28 cookies, each a rounded teaspoon. Woo hoo, this time I remembered the vanilla. They were good without it, but they were  definitely much better with it.