Oatmeal Smiths

This evening, I made oatmeal cookies with little apple bits in them. Why did I name these cookies Oatmeal Smiths? The only kind of apples appropriate for these cookies are Granny Smith apples but more importantly Steph’s last name is Smith; I’m baking them for her so the name is super appropriate! Read the recipe after the jump!

Adapted from a Quaker Oats recipe (I’ve butchered the original beyond recognition), this makes a dozen cookies:

• 3/4 c. unbleached all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 c. Quaker Oats Quick Oats
• 1/2 tsp. baking soda
• 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 1/2 c. unsalted butter
• 1/2 c. light brown sugar
• 1/4 c. cane sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 1 Granny Smith apple, cored, peeled and diced into 5mm cubes

Preheat the oven to 350F. Combine the oats, flour, salt, baking soda, cinnamon in a large mixing bowl. In a small bowl, melt the butter and let it cool. Add the sugars and vanilla into the small bowl, and then add the egg. Combine the small bowl into the large bowl filled with the dry ingredients. Using a soup spoon or a tablespoon, scoop the batter onto a cookie sheet lined with unbleached parchment paper, spacing them at least 1” apart. Bake for 10 minutes or until golden.