Poor Man’s Cookies

Name: Poor Man’s Cookies
Cook time: 12 min
Yield: 36 cookies
Ingredients: 1 cup shortening; 1 cup packed brown sugar; 0.5 cup sugar; 0.25 cup water; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 1 cup all-purpose flour; 1 tsp baking soda; 0.25 tsp salt; 2 cup rolled oats

Sharon Lehman, RDN · tasteofhome.com · 2018 · Original Recipe

Poor man's cookies are similar to chewy oatmeal cookies but are made without eggs, butter or milk. This vintage cookie recipe relies on a handful of pantry staples, proving you don't need fancy ingred

chewiness

crispiness

cakeyness

thickness

spread

richness

sweetness

complexity

chewy

Ingredients

shortening1 cup (205g)

packed brown sugar1 cup (140g)

sugar0.5 cup (70g)

water0.25 cup (35g)

vanilla extract1 tsp (4g)

all-purpose flour1 cup (125g)

baking soda1 tsp (6g)

salt0.25 tsp (1g)

rolled oats2 cup (280g)

Total dough weight866g

Process

Mixing: creaming
Butter: room temp
Eggs: none
Bake Temp: 350°F (177°C)
Bake Time: 10-12 min
Chill: None
Yield: ~36 cookies

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Outlier Profile

Uniqueness score: 3.0. Shows how many standard deviations each ratio diverges from the mean.

Percentile Rankings

Where this recipe falls compared to all 621 recipes in the dataset.

Flour:Fat0.61 (5th percentile)

Flour:Sugar0.59 (4th percentile)

Brown:White Sugar2.00 (87th percentile)

Egg:Flour0 (11th percentile)

Chocolate:Flour0 (4th percentile)

Fat %23.7 (97th percentile)

Sugar %24.2 (77th percentile)

Hydration0 (7th percentile)

Bake Temp350 (42th percentile)

Key Ratios

Flour:Fat

0.61

Flour:Sugar

0.59

Brown:White Sugar

2.00

Egg:Flour

Chocolate:Flour

Fat %

23.7

Sugar %

24.2

Flour %

14.4

Hydration

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