Dangerously delicious lard cookies

[freemotion]

Got your attention, huh? Couldn't resist taking a peek?

I finally gave in and made cookies. I only made them because we had company and someone else would eat them up and take the leftovers home.

Plus I need something to use up all this lard!

I used the standard oatmeal cookie recipe:

3/4 c lard
1 c sugar
a glug of molasses
1tsp vanilla
1 tsp sea salt
1 egg
1/4 c water

Mix thoroughly and add:

1 c flour from soft or hard white wheat if possible
1 tsp baking soda

Then add:

3 c rolled oats, freshly rolled if possible

Optional: 1/2 bag of chocolate chips, if available. If not, add 1 tsp cinnamon and raisins if desired.

The texture was absolutely perfect. The cookies flattened out perfectly, not too much, not too little. The texture the next day was still nice and chewy. With butter, they get too crispy for my liking....still eat them, but I loves me a chewy cookie!

ETA: And yes, I did stash a half dozen for me!

 

[BarredBuff]

I have no intention of making these but YUMMY!

 

[patandchickens]

Have you tried making almond cookies, the 'traditional' chinese-restaurant type that you can scarcely even get anymore unless you live near a chinatown?

OMG, they are sooooo good, and they *must* be made with lard to come out right.

Now I am hungry and want to go buy some lard. Cept I wouldn't know where to get decent lard.

When I was in grad school I remember driving thru some teeny little town in coastal-plain eastern NC and stopping at this small old grocery store that had HALF AN AISLE of lard. Lard of all nations. Domestic lard, Brazilian lard, Portugese lard, lard from everywhere, in all possible size containers.

Now I am really hungry. Phooey!

Go eat a cookie on my behalf please ,

Pat

 

[miss_thenorth]

Speaking of lard..... We just took three of our sheep in to the abbattoir. They will be set up withing two months to do hogs there. In the meatnime, the butcher said he could bring in some leaf fat from the other abbattoir he works at that does do pigs now. He's gonna hopefully have some when we go pick up the sheep.

Now, in line with the op, I have a recipe for double chocolate chip cookies that absolutely must be made with lard. I found it years ago and made them. Went to make them again but had no lard, so I used butter, just NOT the same. I should go look for that recipe again.

 

[freemotion]

Have you tried making almond cookies, the 'traditional' chinese-restaurant type that you can scarcely even get anymore unless you live near a chinatown?

OMG, they are sooooo good, and they *must* be made with lard to come out right.

Allergic to tree nuts here but...nuttin' like the real thing!

Now I am hungry and want to go buy some lard. Cept I wouldn't know where to get decent lard.

Homemade is best AND cheapest!

When I was in grad school I remember driving thru some teeny little town in coastal-plain eastern NC and stopping at this small old grocery store that had HALF AN AISLE of lard. Lard of all nations. Domestic lard, Brazilian lard, Portugese lard, lard from everywhere, in all possible size containers.

Go eat a cookie on my behalf please ,

Pat

Done! Twice!

mtn, is sheep's fat good to eat? Or does it have a muttony taste? And call that butcher and remind him about the leaf lard. He may forget. I don't want you to cry.

 

[big brown horse]

Oatmeal raisin are my favorite cookie! YUM!

 

[ohiofarmgirl]

wow! yum-o!!!

i used lard when i made the molasses cookies .... they were splendid. i've used the leaf lard in place of butter or shortening in cakes too.. makes it luscious

great work baby!


* runs off to make cookies *

 

[miss_thenorth]

Have you tried making almond cookies, the 'traditional' chinese-restaurant type that you can scarcely even get anymore unless you live near a chinatown?

OMG, they are sooooo good, and they *must* be made with lard to come out right.

Allergic to tree nuts here but...nuttin' like the real thing!

Now I am hungry and want to go buy some lard. Cept I wouldn't know where to get decent lard.

Homemade is best AND cheapest!

When I was in grad school I remember driving thru some teeny little town in coastal-plain eastern NC and stopping at this small old grocery store that had HALF AN AISLE of lard. Lard of all nations. Domestic lard, Brazilian lard, Portugese lard, lard from everywhere, in all possible size containers.

I haven't gotten the guts to try cooking with it yet. It kinda smelled whenI made it. I was planning on keeping it until starte mysoakmakeing venture. I will bravely take smoe out and cook with it sometime in the near future and report back.

te butcher guy said he would bring me some leaf lard, but soon he will satrt processing hogs just down the road from me, so I can stop in there and pick it up from him. If he forgets this time, I wlll get over it, knowing that I will soon be able to get it alot. I know, mall thing excite me.

Go eat a cookie on my behalf please ,

Pat

Done! Twice!

mtn, is sheep's fat good to eat? Or does it have a muttony taste? And call that butcher and remind him about the leaf lard. He may forget. I don't want you to cry.