Breakfast Cookie problems- anyone else?

[ottermum]

Hi! :wave:

I made the big breakfast cookie recently, and I can't figure out what happened! It never solidified, even after I baked it, and I there wasn't enought dough to pat it in the pie pan and reach the sides. Anyone else have a similar problem?

My husband and kids wound up eating the crumbs since I had no idea how to count 2 fingerfulls of the stuff. :D

[Duchess Talks Too Much]

Jeannette,

What recipe did you use that calls for baking it in a pie pan? I made some of the Baker's Breakfast cookie clones last week and they turned out fine.

[ottermum]

Hi Lisa!

This is the recipe I used:


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Big Breakfast Cookie 4pts

This recipe is from WW. They list it as 5 points, but I've got it less than 4 by using reduced fat peanut butter & different brands of hot chocolate mix.

1/4 C. oatmeal
1 pkg. hot chocolate mix -fat or sugar free
1 tsp. baking powder
2 T. raisins
2 T. water
1 T. peanut butter
1 tsp. honey

Mix all together. Spray pie plate or cookie sheet with nonstick spray. Pat into a circle. Bake at 350 degrees for 8 minutes. Makes one serving. 5 points or less.



I couldn't get it to hold together, and I (mistakenly) assumed that when it said pie platethat there would be enough dough/batter to cover the bottom.

I used reduced fat peanut butter, WW hot chocolate mix and rolled oats. My calculations using my ingredients gave me a point value of almost 6 :eek:, so I was hoping to cut it into halves and stretch it over two days. It came out of the pie plate moist and crumbly- like a crumb topping.
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[nancyny]

I can think of a couple things:

Oatmeal. Most of the breakfast cookie recipes call for quick-cooking oats (cut in smaller pieces than rolled oats or "old fashioned" oats). You could try them. I have had no-bake cookies fail to set up when I substituted old fashioned oats.

Peanut butter. Sometimes the recipe really calls for the regular stuff, and reduced-fat won't work. But I consider the oatmeal a bigger suspect.

As for the size, I'd pat the dough out comfortably, I wouldn't try to force it to line the whole pie plate.

Just a few thoughts. I've never made one of these.

[ottermum]

Thanks for the help, Nancy!! I'll give it a shot today- baking day! :D This cold weather and rain just makes me want to bake.