The Best Wartime Cookie You've Never Heard Of (Maybe)

Name: The Best Wartime Cookie You've Never Heard Of (Maybe)
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 48
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons baking soda; 177 milliliters brown sugar; 2 Tbsps maple syrup or honey; 237 milliliters rolled oats (do not use quick-cooking or instant); 177 milliliters shredded sweetened coconut; 8 Tbsps (1 stick) unsalted butter; 2 Tbsps boiling water; 237 milliliters whole-wheat flour; 237 milliliters trail mix (mine was Bear Naked brand, with dried crans, chocolate chips, pumpkin seeds and cashews)

The Best Wartime Cookie You've Never Heard Of (Maybe) might be just the dessert you are searching for. One portion of this dish contains approximately 1g of protein, 3g of fat, and a total of 54 calories. This recipe serves 48. This recipe covers 1% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have water, flour, trail mix, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes. It is a good option if you're following a vegetarian diet.

Instructions

Preheat to 350 degrees.

Combine the oats, flour, sugar, coconut and trail mix in a large bowl.

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Coconut

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Oats

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Bowl

Combine the butter and syrup (or honey) in a small saucepan over medium heat; cook for a few minutes, until the butter has melted and the syrup is bubbling.

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Butter

Honey

Syrup

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Sauce Pan

Combine the baking soda and water in a small bowl and add it, stirring, to the butter mixture, which will foam up immediately.

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Baking Soda

Butter

Water

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Bowl

Add this mixture to the dry ingredients and mix until thoroughly combined.

Drop heaping teaspoonfuls of the dough onto baking sheets.

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Dough

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Baking Sheet

Bake for 12 minutes (though Washington Post will tell you to bake for 7 to 10 minutes, then rotate the sheets top to bottom and front to back, baking another 8 to 10 minutes). Cool until the cookies are crisp.

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