Oatmeal Apple Cookies

I can't believe it's already November! Halloween came around so quickly, with pumpkins and sweets piling up in the kitchen from one moment to the next and ghosts and witches knocking on our door. And then, suddenly, I open my eyes to a crisp blue November sky. Quite shocking to think that Christmas is less than two months away and many important birthdays are coming up (inlcuding my own)! November just sounds so much more wintry than 'October' and I felt my sweet tooh nagging me for something nice and chewy ... so after a wonderfully cold November 1st walk, I decided to make myself a bit of a treat for dinner: Oatmeal Apple Cookies!

I only made 8 cookies, though they were about the size of my hand, since this was a new recipe I had found on the internet. The original uses raisins, but I was in the mood for something fruitier, so I used one of our delicious Braeburn apples instead.

Unfortunately they were so delicious, I forgot to take a picture! But this is what you should imagine them to look like: 

 (my cookies were a little spongier than these, with little bits of apple sticking out)

Here's the recipe:
3/4 cup all purpose flour (1 used 1/2 cup white and 1/4 wholewheat flour for more texture)
1 1/2 cups rolled oats
1/2 cup brown sugar
3 tbsp. white sugar
1/2 cup unsalted butter
1 large egg
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
1 cup peeled, cored and diced apples
2 tbsp. apple sauce

First, combine the dry ingredients and the wet ingredients in seperate bowls. Preheat your oven to 180°C. Mix the two, adding a little milk or apple juice if the batter is too dry. Now, make little mounds of dough on your baking sheet, making them higher than they are wide. Make sure to leave plenty of space between your cookies, or they will stick together! Bake them for 12 - 14 minutes or until they are golden brown. Make sure you don't have them in the oven for too long, or they will get too crispy!

These oatmeal cookies were easy, fluffy and just sweet enough to satisfy my cravings. You can exchange 1/2 cup rolled oats for sunflower seeds if you want more crunch, I will definitely try that next time! The apples gave these cookies just the right edge of tanginess and the rolled oats made them wonderfully chewy. 3 cookies straight out of the oven with some milk while reading Rudyard Kipling "Jungle Book" made my evening highly cosy.

Since we are, so to speak, right on winter's doorsteph, I have started to compile a list of winter must-have clothes. I don't know about you, but every season has a special colour for me. Autumn is definitely green and red and lovely dark plum colours as well as some soft beige tones and earthy browns. Some of the items are already in my closet, but many I still have to find!
Here's the list:

Dark red cardigan (check)
Dark green bulky cardigan (check, it's wonderfully warm, I'm wearing it as I type)
Red scarf
Beige mittens
thick red socks
Dark red or plum-coloured cosy sweater
plum-coloured lipstick
a dark brown skirt
colourful or interestingly patterned tights

Love, x