Help! Oatmeal cookies too dry!!
The last two batches of oatmeal cookies I made were too dry, like granola bars. Tasty and not over cooked, just dry instead of chewy. My husband is Diabetic and instead of making a diabetic recipe, for these last two batches I just used the quaker oats recipe but with very little brown or white sugar, mostly splenda. I think that must be my problem. I haven't baked the second half of the current dry batch. Any suggestions to moisten it up so the rest of the cookies are chewy??? Help! Oatmeal cookies too dry!!
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