National Cookie Week!!

Check out The Gay Gourmet’s!™ first recipe of this years Second Annual National Cookie Week and don;t forget to read the blog at www.hesthegaygourmet.com & check out www.nationalcookieweek.com

Oatmeal Nutella Sammies! (a.k.a Ms. Oatella Sams!)

Her wants…

1 stick plus 6 TBS unsalted butter (softened)
6 TBS firmly packed Light Brown Sugar
6 TBS Dark Brown Sugar
2 Eggs
1 tsp good vanilla
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup white whole wheat flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cinnamon
2 tsp salt
3 cups Oats (I like Quaker® – it’s yummy)
1 jar Nutella®

Her Needs…

1. Preheat oven to 350

2. In a large bowl beat butter and sugar together till nice and creamy (feel free to use your Kitchen-Aid® but since I STILL don’t own one I use a fork and it works just fine!)

3. Add both eggs and vanilla. Beat well. (I switch to a whisk here for better and quicker incorporation)

4. In a separate bowl combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. Mix well and using a strainer sift over wet ingredients in parts, mixing as you go! (Here I start using a rubber spatula)

5. Add your oats and stir till just combined

6. Now drop small rounded balls of dough on ungreased cookie sheets and bake for 8 to 10 mins or until golden. (Two tips here: a. I like making these guys tiny and bite size ’cause it makes them super fun but you can make them as big or as little as you want. b. Watch your cookies! As in any baking, you want to pull them out just shy of being done as the heat will continue to cook them once the are out of the oven and no one likes a dry cookie!)

7. Once they are done let them rest a couple minutes on the cookie sheet and then transfer them to a wire rack to cool.

8. Put a smear of Nutella® on the bottom side of on of the cookies and then add another to make a sandwich.

9. Don’t make the sammies till you a ready to eat them and store the cookies in airtight container so they don’t dry out!

Careful as these are addictive and you will eat the whole batch!!

Keep checking the sites for Cookie Week updates and have a very Happy National Cookie Week!!

Deliciously Cookie-ing!

Michael Muñoz

The Gay Gourmet!™

It’s coming…

Trust me, this one is the best recipe yet! Though I recommend on using cocoa powder instead of grated chocolate for an instant chocolate high. Also feel free to eliminate the grated chocolate if you are just craving for a good old plain chocolate chip cookie. Partner it with warm milk or good coffee and you have the best of both worlds! 


Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 1/2 cup natural brown sugar, packed
• 1/2 cup organic sugar
• 1 egg
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup white whole wheat flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 1/4 cups old-fashioned rolled oats
• 3/4 to 1 cup dark chocolate chips, 60% cocoa
• 3/4 cup nuts, chopped
• 1 (1.5 to 2 oz) dark chocolate (60% cocoa or better) bar, grated

1. Preheat oven to 375
2. Place oats in a food processor and process until it turns into a powder.
3. In a medium bowl, whisk together the powdered oats, flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda.
4. In a large bowl, cream together butter and both sugars for 3 minutes on medium speed. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Gradually beat in dry ingredents. Stir in grated chocolate, then add chocolate chips and chopped nuts.
5. Roll or scoop dough into 2-inch sized balls and place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake for 12 minutes.
6. Cool 2 minutes on baking sheet before transferring to a cooling rack.

Here is a link to my online Bake Sale Auction for the American Cancer Society today, until 9pM EST.  check it outhttp://bakingandcookingataleoftwoloves.blogspot.com/2011/05/online-bake-sale-is-here-monday-may-2nd.html