Oatmeal cookie recipe without butter?

i want to make oatmeal cookies for my family but i dont have any butter. so could i subsitute butter with olive oil instead or apple sauce?Oatmeal cookie recipe without butter?
Do you have any Crisco? A lot of oatmeal cookies use shortening instead of butter or margarine. My recipe from my sister-in-law uses Crisco and is yummy - my brother says his wife's oatmeal cookies are the best he's ever had, so now I use her recipe!





You might even find a recipe for ';salad'; oil meaning vegetable, corn or canola but I'd stay away from olive oil in cookies and cakes due to the taste change. If you check some of the other sites for recipes, you might even find one with applesauce.





Good luck and enjoy your cookies.Oatmeal cookie recipe without butter?
Oatmeal Cookies





2 cups self-rising flour


1/2 cup margarine


1/2 cup vegetable oil


1 cup packed brown sugar


1 cup white sugar


2 eggs


2 cups quick cooking oats


1 cup butterscotch chips (optional)





Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).





Sift flour; set aside.





In a medium bowl, cream margarine, oil, brown sugar, and white sugar until smooth. Beat in eggs one at a time. Gradually stir in the sifted flour until well blended. Mix in oats and butterscotch chips. Drop from a teaspoon onto ungreased cookie sheets.





Bake for 10 to 12 minutes in preheated oven, or until edges are golden. Let set up on the cookie sheets for a few minutes before transferring to wire racks to cool completely.


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Oatmeal Raisin Cookies





Yield: 36 cookies





2 eggs


1 cup brown sugar, packed


陆 cup granulated sugar


1 cup cooking oil


1 tsp. vanilla


1 tsp. baking soda


1 tbsp. hot water


2 cups rolled oats


1陆 cups all-purpose flour


1 tsp salt


1/2 cup raisins or other dried fruit such as blueberries, cranberries, (or chocolate chips) etc. if you desire.





Beat eggs in mixing bowl until frothy. Beat in both sugars. Add cooking oil and vanilla. Dissolve baking soda in hot water then stir in. Add oats, flour and salt. Stir well. Batter may be a little too soft. If so add a little flour to stiffen. Add any dried fruits at this time.





Drop by rounded teaspoons onto greased or parchment lined baking sheet, leaving room to spread.





Bake in 350* oven for about 8 minutes (or until lightly browned). Remove carefully to wire racks and cool (they will be soft when fresh from the oven).


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2 cups all-purpose flour


1 1/4 cups granulated sugar


1 teaspoon baking powder


1/2 teaspoon baking soda


1 teaspoon salt


1 teaspoon ground cinnamon


3 cups rolled oats, quick or old-fashioned


1 cup raisins


1 cup vegetable oil


2 eggs


1/2 cup milk


Sift together dry ingredients; stir in rolled oats and raisins. Stir in oil, eggs, and milk. Beat with a spoon until thoroughly blended. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto an ungreased baking sheet. Bake at 400掳 for 10 to 12 minutes.


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Look in your cabinets, Margarine would be best,


Crisco is a good choice, but you can use Lard, too.


You can use a neutral vegetable oil, but reduce the amount of other liquid in your cookies or the dough will be too runny and it won't make a good cookie. Another possibility is to use 2 extra egg yolks. I've done it before. The cookies were a little bit ';cakey';, but they tasted good.
yes.. you could, although olive oil is good, it would taste funky in cookies.. it would give them a green planty sort of taste.. and it wouldnt go over well.. (I tried it once while baking a cake)... apple sauce would be fine..


you could try googling fat free or low fat oatmeal cookies..


or just use regular cooking oil like corn, or canola oil in it.. many recipes use this..