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title: "Cat in the Cream Cookies"
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date: 2024-11-18
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tags:
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- Cooking
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- Cookies
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- Oberlin
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2025-01-07 09:08:19 -08:00
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- Recipes
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2024-11-18 11:47:00 -08:00
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One of my favorite memories from my time as a student at [Oberlin][ob] was going
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to the [Cat in the Cream][cat]. I saw a lot of great plays, improv shows, and
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jazz ensembles by students, and several performances by visiting musical guests.
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The other highlight of these memories was the oatmeal chocolate chip cookies you
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could get for $1. They're somewhere between a small cake and a cookie, often
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fresh-baked (they often had a hard time keeping up with demand on show nights).
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Honestly they're everything I want in a cookie. I think the recipe was printed
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in an edition of the [Alumni Magazine][mag] at some point in the last several
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years, but this [video][video] I found online was the closest I had to hand, so
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I'm copying it here.
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## Recipe
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**Yield:** 20 cookies
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### Tools
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* Measuring cups and spoons
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* 2 large mixing bowls
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* Spoon or electric mixer to mix wet ingredients
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* Whisk to combine dry ingredients (optional)
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* 1 or 2 half-size sheet pans for baking
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### Ingredients
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* 2 cups butter, softened
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* 1 cup granulated sugar
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* 2 cups brown sugar or 2 tablespoons of molasses
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* 4 eggs, lightly beaten
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* 2 teaspoons vanilla
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* 4 cups flour
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* 2 teaspoons baking soda
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* 2 teaspoons salt
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* Dash cinnamon
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* 4 cups oats
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* 3 cups chocolate chips
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### Method
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1. Preheat oven to 375°.
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1. Combine butter, sugars, and/or molasses in a bowl.
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1. Add eggs and vanilla. Stir to combine.
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1. Mix flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon in a separate bowl.
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1. Add dry ingredients above to the wet. Stir to combine.
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1. Add in oats and chocolate chips. Stir to combine.
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1. Drop in large hunks (about 1/4 cup) onto ungreased baking sheets. They don't
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spread during baking, but you'll only get six cookies on a half sheet.
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1. Bake until the edges are slightly brown. The original recipe says 20 minutes,
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but 15 was enough in my oven.
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[ob]: https://www.oberlin.edu
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[cat]: https://www.thecatinthecream.com/our-menu.html
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[video]: https://vimeo.com/827645032
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[mag]: https://www.oberlin.edu/communications/editorial/alumni-magazine
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