Recipe: Sourdough Oatmeal Cookies

These come from Adventures in Sourdough Cooking and Baking by Charles D. Wilford. If you like to cook with sourdough you chould get this book!!
Sourdough Oatmeal Cookies
1-1/2 cups sourdough starter
1 cup shortening
1 cup sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 egg
1/4 cup cream or evaporated milk
1 tsp vanilla
2-1/2 cups flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1 tsp ground cinnamon
3 cups rolled oats

Let all ingred. come to room temp. Cream shortening with sugar and brown sugar. Beat the egg and stir it in. Add the cream and beat until light and fluffy. Stir in starter and vanilla; mix well. Add soda , salt, and cinnamon to flour and mix well. Add this to batter, 1/2 at a time, stirring after each addition. Add oats 1/2 cup at a time and mix well. Drop by spoonfuls onto greased baking sheets. Bake in preheated 400 degree oven for 12-15 min. Cool on wire rack. Yield: 4 doz-3" cookies
note: 1 cup raisins or 1/2 cup chopped nuts may be added with oats.
This I got from here at TKL
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Sourdough Fruit Cobbler
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Sourdough Fresh Fruit Cobbler
Recipe By : Pat's Sourdough and Favorite Recipes
2/3 to 1 cup sugar
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1 cup water
3 to 4 cups fresh fruit with juice
1 cup flour
3 tablespoons butter
1/2 cup sourdough starter
1 tablespoon sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup milk
cinnamon
Heat oven to 400 degrees.
Mix sugar, cornstarch and gradually stir in water. Bring to a boil for 1 minute stirring constantly. Fold in 1 cup of fruit. Slowly fold in the remaining fruit. Pour into a 1 1/2 quart or 8X8-inch baking dish. Dot with butter. Sprinkle with cinnamon. Measure 1 cup flour by dip method. Stir in sugar, baking powder and salt. Cut in butter until mixture looks like meal. Stir in milk and sourdough starter. Add a dash of cinnamon. Pour over or drop by spoonfuls over the hot fruit.
Bake 25 - 30 minutes. Serve warm with fresh cream or whipped cream.

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Sourdough Chocolate Cake
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1 cup sourdough starter
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup butter
1 1/4 cups sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 eggs
3 squares (3 ounces) unsweetened chocolate, melted and cooled
1 cup milk
Cocoa Cream Cheese Filling
Sweet Chocolate Glaze
Bring sourdough starter to room temperature. Grease and flour two
9 x 1 1/2-inch round cake pans; set aside. Stir together the flour,
baking soda, cinnamon, and salt. In a large bowl beat the butter with
an electric mixer on medium speed for 30 seconds. Add sugar and
vanilla; beat till fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating 1 mintue
after each addition. Beat in the melted chocolate.
Combine the sourdough starter and milk. Add dry ingredients and milk
mixture alternately to beaten mixture beating till well combined.
Turn the batter into prepared pans. Bake in a 350F oven about 30
minutes or till done. Cool 10 minutes on wire racks. Remove from
pans; cool thoroughly on wire racks. Fill with Cocoa Cream Cheese
Filling and glaze cake with Sweet Chocolate Glaze. Drizzle a design
atop with reserved cream cheese icing and top with white chocolate
leaves. Makes 12 servings.
Cocoa Cream Cheese Filling
1 cup sifted powdered (confectioner's, icing) sugar
1 3-ounce package cream cheese
1/4 teaspoon vanilla
Milk
2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 cup sifted powdered sugar
In a small mixwer bowl beat together the 1 cup powdered sugar and
cream cheese till fluffy. Beat in the vanilla. If necessary, beat
in enough milk (about 2 teaspoons) to make of pouring consistency.
Reserve 1/4 cup of the mixture and set aside to decorate the top of
the cake. Stir the cooa powder into the remaining mixture in the
bowl. Add the 1/3 cup powdered sugar and beat till smooth. Use the
cocoa mixture to spread between cake layers. Makes 2/3 cup filling;
1/4 cup icing.
Sweet Chocolate Glaze
3/4 cup sugar
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1 cup water
2 squares (2 ounces) German sweet chocolate, cut up
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
In a small saucepan combine the sugar, cornstarch and dash salt. Stir
in water and chocolate. Cook; stir till chocolate is melted and
mixture is thickened. Cook; stir 2 minutes more. Remove from heat;
stir in vanilla.
Cover surface with clear plastic wrap or waxed paper. Let stand 10
to 15 minutes or till slightly cooled and of spreading consistency.
Spread glaze over top and sides of cake. Chill cake till set. Makes
1 1/2 cups glaze.
mara
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