2008 VIP
Meri
Upstate, NY

Makes the house smell good...

3 star rating

a Homemaker, into trying new things
Pros

    cheap, makes the house smell good

Cons
    not the best

JAN
28
2009
 
Red is my favorite color so when I saw the packaging of the Betty Crocker Oatmeal Cookie Mix my arm automatically reached out and placed the item in my cart.  Made by General Mills and touted to be the same as homemade in 20 minutes I must disagree.  The mix is essentially the dry ingredients required in a regular recipe.  Top the mix you must still cream the butter, add egg and water and then stir in any additions you want like nuts, craisins, raisins, chocolate or butterscotch chips.  After all of that you may as well have measured out the dry ingredients as well. 

I was not impressed with the end results.  The cookies were lovely in color and looked delicious but they certainly were not the same as homemade and lacked something I can't identify.  They were still made with love ;-) so that can't be it...

My husband managed to scarf them down anyway so they were edible and passed the husband test.  I will save my calories for a better cookie.

Ingredients:

Enriched Flour Bleached (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Iron, Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Brown Sugar, Rolled Oats, Sugar, Corn Syrup, Partially Hydrogenated Soybean and/Or Cottonseed Oil, Leavening (Baking Soda, Sodium Aluminum Phosphate), Salt, Cinnamon, Artificial flavor and color, Egg, NonFat Milk and Soy Flour.



I_thumb_up Betty Crocker Oatmeal Chocolate Chip cookies is recommended by Meri

4
helpful
votes
Did you find this review helpful?
 
 



add Meri to my friends list add to my favorites subscribe to feed

I_comment_shdw24 Comments about Meri’s Review

 


Lovethecondoman wrote on Feb 3, 2009 at 10:23AM

These were good cookies---but not great! They got hard as rocks fairly quickly even when stored in a plastic bag. Compared to the regular home-made cookies Meri typically bakes they were not in the same league although they were better when fresh. Perhaps that is a good excuse to devour them quickly? I like cookies with milk. Even "hard" cookies taste better with a cold glass of milk.

GigiandAdonai wrote on Jan 30, 2009 at 4:21PM

Have you been baking with Mr. Bard lately? He uses a lot of these cookie packages :+) I love the peanut butter ones.

BayouBengal wrote on Jan 29, 2009 at 9:27AM

In response to Meri's comment from Jan 28, 2009 at 11:32PM:

That is true! I try to keep regular ones out of the house since hubby is diabetic cause he loves to sneak stuff he isn't supposed to have. Men!!

Meri wrote on Jan 28, 2009 at 11:32PM

In response to BayouBengal's comment from Jan 28, 2009 at 10:21PM:

I like the idea of less cookies. When there are only two of us we don't need all of the extra calories. ;-)

BayouBengal wrote on Jan 28, 2009 at 10:21PM

Homemade cookies are always better, but I sneak these in every now and then myself when the kids will be coming over to scarf them down!

AnnaBanana wrote on Jan 28, 2009 at 7:58PM

Nothing is as good as "scratch" I guess but Betty Crocker is a pretty good brand. Great Review!

3 star rating
"A Little Flat, But Ultimately Yummy"
More Betty Crocker Oatmeal Chocolate Chip cookies reviews
3 star rating
"Boxed and Baked Cookies"



More reviews by Meri
add Meri to my friends list

5 star ratingOlivio Premium Products Olivio Spread Review - "Olivio makes me feel...
5 star ratingWrigley Life Savers Sweet Storybook Review - "a Christmas Tradition for...
4 star ratingCanon CanoScan CS8800F Flatbed Scanner Review - "Great for scrapbooking...
5 star ratingPuffs Plus Lotion Review - "Every Needy Nose needs Puffs..."
reviews by Meri »
view more in Baking Goods view more in Grocery Items