ON-THE-TRAIL MONSTER COOKIES from Betty Crocker

This cookie is called On-the-trail Monster Cookies. Its been around for at least 20 years. I first had it in the early 2000s, it was in one of those small baking magazines you get in the grocery store check-out line. I hadn't made them in many years so wanted to try them again. I don't normally add chocolate chips so I didn't this time. They're made with butter and shortening. I used a 1 T./1.5" diameter scoop. The flatted dough balls baked in 9 or 9.5 minutes. This is a very good, basic cookie.

The recipe calls for no salt but I added 1/4 t. for half the recipe but it needed more. It says you can use rolled or quick oat so I used quick oats, since that's the type I've always used. 

I give it 5 stars. 

NO CHILL CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES from Browned Butter Blondie

 

This recipe is from Browned Butter Blondie. They're very good but too salty. I made 1/4 of the recipe and got 13 1 T. dough balls using 1/2 c. chocolate chips. My chilled dough balls baked in 8 minutes after sitting out on the counter for an hour (they were still pretty cold). 

I give these 5 stars despite there being too much salt in them. As of right now I do think they're my favorite homemade chocolate chip cookies. I like how you just whisk the ingredients together without a mixer. I look forward to making these again and they're not too buttery.

DUTCH COCOA COOKIES from The Toasty Kitchen

This recipe is from The Toasty Kitchen. I don't have a photo of my baked cookies. I made 1/4 of the recipe, weighing my flour and egg, and mine didn't spread much and stayed puffy. I had to flatten them after taking them out of the oven. I got 13 1 T. dough balls. I have no idea why they didn't spread. The flavor isn't good at all, very buttery, and I would never make these again for that reason.

DAD'S COOKIES from All Recipes

This oatmeal cookie recipe's from All Recipes. It uses equal parts rolled oats and flour. They taste good but I don't like the texture of them. They're sort of hollow inside because of the high amount of rolled oats, which aren't very absorbent. I used equal parts oil and cooled melted butter instead of all oil. I omitted coconut and added chocolate chips. Mine baked in 8 minutes but they need a little less time as these were a bit overcooked. I made half and got 23 cookies using a 1 T./1.5" scoop.

I give these 4 stars and I'd like to try them again using quick oats and all oil, no butter like last time.