KELLY FIELDS'S HAYSTACK COOKIES

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I toasted the rolled oats called for in Ms. Fields's recipe, just to get a little more texture out of them. Make sure the mixture is hot when you drop the cookies or the texture will be too crumbly.

Provided by Martha Rose Shulman

Categories     cookies and bars

Time 50m

Yield 2 1/2 to 3 dozen cookies

Number Of Ingredients 8

1 1/3 cups plus 1 tablespoon rolled oats/160 grams
1 cup sugar/219 grams
2 ounces unsalted butter/56 grams
1/4 cup dark cocoa powder/28 grams
1/4 cup evaporated milk/60 grams
Pinch salt/1 gram
1 teaspoon vanilla extract/5 grams
1/2 cup finely grated coconut/41 grams

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Spread rolled oats on a baking sheet and toast for 20 to 30 minutes, until slightly darker and toasty smelling. Remove from heat.
  • Line baking sheets or your work surface with parchment or wax paper. In a heavy saucepan, combine sugar, butter, cocoa powder, evaporated milk and salt and bring to a boil, stirring. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla extract, oats and coconut.
  • Immediately drop the warm mixture by scant tablespoons onto parchment or wax paper. Allow to cool and store in a tin.

Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 59, UnsaturatedFat 1 gram, Carbohydrate 9 grams, Fat 2 grams, Fiber 1 gram, Protein 1 gram, SaturatedFat 2 grams, Sodium 12 milligrams, Sugar 6 grams, TransFat 0 grams

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