Hey, y'all! I'm back from Texas. It was glorious, thanks for asking. September is the month when all 3 of my brother's kids have their birthdays (well, one is in very late August), so I try to make it home for at least one of the big birthday celebrations. The excitement that little kids have for birthdays is infectious. Their eyes get so bright at the mention of their special birthday meal and even more for their special birthday dessert. My mom plans the entire meal with careful thought over what each kid enjoys most. This birthday celebration, we had smoked brisket and beef sausage, potato salad, three bean salad, baked beans, butter rolls, and a vanilla-chocolate swirled sheet cake topped with the richest chocolate frosting.
We gladly enjoyed the leftover barbecue all weekend, but after too many split biscuits stuffed with chopped brisket, I'm reaching for the oat jar this morning.
I go through 2 quarts of rolled oats each week. Is that normal for 2 people? I make a weekly batch of granola for breakfast: I go back and forth between a healthy recipe made with apple sauce and oil (Three Many Cooks is my standby), and a rich, buttery recipe with lots of citrus zest. On cold mornings, I make a warm bowl of oatmeal with dried plums, lemon zest and a swirl of plain yogurt (thanks for the flavor inspiration, Heidi). I also grind oats in my coffee grinder to use as flour in pancakes or biscotti. I make mini granola bites for Mr. Dessert For Two to take with him out to the field (Two Peas has a great recipe). When and if there’s leftover oats in the mason jar, I make these boozy oatmeal cookies. Since I made it through another busy week and managed to feed myself plenty of healthy whole grains, I deserve a few shots of rum, right?
Oatmeal cookies made with dark rum.
Rummy Oatmeal Cookies
Ingredients
Instructions
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
12
Serving Size:
1
Amount Per Serving:
Calories: 100Total Fat: 4gSaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 39mgSodium: 61mgCarbohydrates: 14gFiber: 1gSugar: 10gProtein: 2g
Kathryn says
These sounds awesome! I love anything with rum in and rum in a cookie? Genius! can't wait to try them!
Blog is the New Black says
These sound great! I've never seen rum in a cookie!
Jessica @ How Sweet says
These are my kind of cookies!
Lauren at Keep It Sweet says
What a great way to use your extra oats! Glad you had a fun weekend, I love how excited kids get over birthdays and really anything:-)
Tina@flourtrader says
Just the idea of rum soaked raisins in oatmeal cookies sounds awesome! Yes, kids really do remind you of how special birthdays can be, it seems like all the excitement goes away as you get older.
The Givens Chronicles says
Yum! I will have to try these!
Vicki Bensinger says
I love oatmeal cookies and although we eat them all year round there must be something about oats and fall because I've seen so many posts in the past couple of days using them. This recipe sound yummy. I love cookies so I'll definitely try these.
Maria says
These cookies look too good! I am craving cookies now!!!
Miss @ Miss in the Kitchen says
Oatmeal cookies are a like cookie comfort food, I love them and with rum, oh yeah!
Glad you had a nice trip back home. Kid birthdays with the whole family are so much fun.
Cookin' Canuck says
Oo, what a wonderful oatmeal cookie recipe. I would love to crumble these over some vanilla ice cream.