Well, I decided to try and tweak the recipe to make chocolate chip cookies instead, and let me tell you the tang of the sourdough melded perfectly with the sweetness of the chocolate chips! I now have a new sourdough cookie favorite!
Sourdough Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
1/2 cup shortening
1/2 cup butter or margarine (softened)
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup white sugar
1/2 cup fed sourdough starter
2 eggs, beaten
1 tsp. maple flavoring
1 1/2 cup unbleached white flour
3/4 cup whole wheat flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1 1/2 cups oats
1 cup raisins
1/2 cup chopped walnuts (optional)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cream together shortening, butter and sugars. Stir in eggs, starter and maple flavoring until well blended. Sift flours, baking soda, baking powder and salt together. Stir into wet ingredients. Add remaining ingredients and mix well. I use a medium size scoop to form my cookies, but if you do not have one use a soup spoon to scoop them. Place them about two inches apart. Bake for 12-14 minutes. I like mine to be slightly brown on the edges and soft in the center. Now my kids are grown and gone, I like big cookies. If you make smaller ones you will need to watch your cooking time.
Sourdough Chocolate Chip Cookies
1/2 cup shortening
1/2 cup butter or margarine (softened)
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup white sugar
1/2 cup fed sourdough starter
2 eggs, beaten
1 tsp. vanilla
2 cups unbleached white flour
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1 1/2 cups oats
1 12 oz. bag semi sweet chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cream together shortening, butter and sugars. Stir in eggs, starter and maple flavoring until well blended. Sift flours, baking soda, baking powder and salt together. Stir into wet ingredients. Add remaining ingredients and mix well. I use a medium size scoop to form my cookies, but if you do not have one use a soup spoon to scoop them. Place them about two inches apart. Bake for 12-14 minutes.
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