TWD - Granola Grabbers

Hmmmm...not sure if the kids really liked these or not...

This week's Tuesdays With Dorie recipe, Granola Grabbers, was chosen by Michelle of Bad Girl Baking.  Before I looked up the recipe, I thought maybe they were some kind of granola bar, which would have been fine.  But cookies?  Chunky, bumpy, no-two-exactly-taste-the-same cookies?  Count me in!

In fact, this is how I like to make oatmeal cookies - with lots of stuff in them.  Nuts, raisins, coconut - pretty much anything.  Chocolate chips, too, in my oatmeal cookies.  Yum.  The more stuff, the better.  AND - since they're oatmeal cookies, they're GOOD FOR YOU.  Aren't they? 

The same holds true with the Granola Grabbers.  I mean, come on - GRANOLA! 

I had to get a few of the ingredients at the store - which reminded me that I (gulp) need to start thinking about all my holiday cookie baking and plan out what I'll need for all of that...and start the baking in, oh, mid-November this year.  Yikes.  But for now - Granola Grabbers.  The recipe can be found on page 82 of Dorie Greenspan's Baking:  From My Home to Yours. 

These were super easy to put together.

First you combine all the chunky ingredients - the granola, the raisins, nuts, coconut, and wheat germ.  (Okay, wheat germ isn't exactly chunky, but it's chunkier than flour, so it counts as chunky in my book.) 

Dorie's recipe calls for slivered almonds - my granola already had sliced almonds, and my husband has been hinting for macadamia nuts in some kind of cookies lately, so I substituted macadamias for the almonds. 

 

Then you cream the butter and sugars, add in the egg and salt, then the flour, and then the chunky mixture.  Ta-da!  So quick and easy.

Then you just scoop out the dough onto your (parchment-lined) cookie sheets and bake it off.

Note to self - next time, I'll put the dough in the fridge for half an hour or more before scooping it out.  It was kind of warm yesterday afternoon when I was baking these, and I think my butter was too soft.  The cookies, some of them, seemed to spread out too much and get a little too dark around the edges.  Just a cosmetic issue, really; they tasted just fine.

 

In fact, EVERYONE in the house really likes these. 

 

So it's safe to say these will become a part of the repertoire here. 

Thanks Dorie - from my kids to you! 

And, of course, if you want to see how the other eighty bazillion Tuesdays With Dorie members did with this recipe, go check out the list of links here!

Comments

[Susan]

Your yungin's seem to LOVE the cookies...and why not?? They are great!! I even let Sev eat a little bit, too - he thinks they are YUM. Great pics, Jayne!

[rainbowbrown]

I like the stuff-filled sort of cookie too. Macadamias sound like they'd be really good here.

[Sarah]

Looks great! Mine spread a bit too, but didn't affect the taste. Macadamias sounds like a great addition. Good job!

[Melissa]

Your cookies look delicious! And your kids look pretty happy too!

[Judy]

Your Grabbers look great. If your interested in a version with less refined sugar (because of kids or yourself!) see the changes I made on my blog.

[Lori]

I refrigerated my dough between batches, and it definitely became easier to scoop as time went on. Your cookies and kids are adorable!

[chocolatechic]

I have to say that these cookies were fabulous. I couldn't stop eating the dough.

[Caitlin]

Your kids, as always, are too cute for words. Love the macadamia nut add-in.

[Kelly H]

Macadamia -- great addition.

Yeah, they're sweet, and fatty, and have a lot of calories -- but look at all that great STUFF! I plan to whip up a batch of these the next time I hike the Appalachian trail (cough).

[Natashya]

They are too health food!
We ate them for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Your pictures are absolutely beautiful.
Great job.

[food librarian]

Looks fantastic! And I can tell your kids loved them!!

[Christine]

Your cookies look delicious! Now you have me starting my Christmas baking list and it is only August, never ends!

[CB]

Love coming to your blog to see your pictures and your kids. Cookies look yummy! I bet the macadamia nuts were awesome! Great job!
Clara @ iheartfood4thought

[Ralph]

your kids are very cute! love the way you arrange food for the photographs.

[Hannah]

I love that picture of the ingredients all in the bowl!

Great looking cookies!

[Di]

I love the last picture of Julia and Alex. Gillian liked these, but Brianna didn't care for them. She did at least try them, though. And they are quite good with chocolate chips. =)

[Rebecca]

Mac nuts! You took the chunkiest to the next level.

[dorie]

I LOVE the picture of your super-smiley kids. It makes me so happy to see that the cookies found a great home.

[Prudy]

My kids loved them too. Your kids are so adorable and they look like they couldn't be more pleased about those cookies!

[Teanna]

Looks like you have some happy taste testers! Those look fantastic!

[Sharon]

Your kids are so cute...they look ready to dig in. Yum.

[Dolores]

Yep, I figure the quantity of healthy whole grain ingredients here cancels out the 2 cubes of butter. :) Glad your family enjoyed them. Hope we do too!

[Marthe]

Apparentely the grabbers were a big hit at your house!! Your kittens are very cute, every time I visit your blog and see new pictures it reminds me of when my cat was that small.... She's only two years old, but it seems so long ago already!!

[Pamela]

Great pictures of your children! That last one is just the best. These were really great cookies and will definitely be showing up again soon in the cookie jar. By the way, I've been thinking about Holiday baking, too. (YIKES!) I'm actually looking a forward to it a little. :o)

[Sophie]

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