Showing posts with label oatmeal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label oatmeal. Show all posts

Monday, May 19, 2014

Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

Oatmeal Raisin Cookies are one of my favorite cookies. EVER.
I may or may not have eaten half the batch already.

Here is a classic recipe of these yummy yum delicious cookies.

 Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

3/4 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup light brown sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/4 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon*
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 3/4 cups old fashioned oats
1 cup raisins

*I tend to put more cinnamon then what the recipe calls for. I'm a cinnamon freak.

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

In a large bowl, cream together the butter, and both sugar until smooth.

Beat in the eggs and vanilla until fluffy.

Next, combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt.

Slowly mix in the dry ingredients into the butter mixture.

Finally fold in the oats and raisins.

Use a cookie scoop or drop by rounded teaspoons onto cookie sheets lined with parchment paper.

Bake 8-10 minutes, I like my cookies on the soft side so I bake mine just until the start to brown around the edges, yet still soft and a tiny bit gooey in the middle.


Wednesday, April 2, 2014

No Bake Chocolate and Peanut Butter Cookies

No-Bake Cookies! This is essentially my childhood in a nut shell. Easy and no oven! No worrying about burning and they stay soft.
I put my own spin on this classic recipe. It calls for sugar, A LOT of it. But, I really don't like sugar alternatives so I just left it alone.

 No Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies



2 cups sugar
1 stick butter
3 Tbsp. cocoa powder
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup creamy or crunchy natural peanut butter
1 tsp. vanilla extract
3 cups old fashioned oatmeal (not instant)

Mix the sugar, butter, cocoa, and milk in a medium saucepan, over medium heat. Be careful to to not scorch the milk. Stir continuously.


Boil for 1 minute. keep stirring.


Add the peanut butter and vanilla. Mix quickly until peanut butter melts,
 then add the oatmeal until well blended.


Drop spoonfuls on tin foil, wax paper or parchment.



Allow to set and cool completely.


 (Sorry for the off color)

Makes 2 dozen 3 inch cookies.