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Author
Sarah Jampel | 2024-06-18
Description
Watch out, oatmeal raisin — there's a new favorite oatmeal cookie in town. The texture of these oatmeal-date cookies was inspired by the “Smash Cookies” in Zoë Francois's cookbook, Zoë Bakes Cookies. To achieve large cookies with crisp outsides and cookie-doughy centers, Zoë bakes the dough in big balls at a relatively high temperature, then presses them down with a flat spatula (smashes them) when they come out of the oven. Packed with hearty oats and pocketed with dates, this version makes slightly smaller cookies that rely on a similar smashing technique for golden-brown exteriors and soft, bendy centers. (Thanks for the idea, Zoë!)
