Рецепт A Better Oatmeal Cookie
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oatmeal, oatmeal raisin cookies, raisins
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I wont lie, whenever I have the choice between oatmeal cookies and anything with chocolate my hands immediately grab the chocolate cookie. Oatmeal cookies just seemed lackluster for me. Then, I started looking around because I didn’t want to feed my daughters cookies loaded with chocolate, flour, and sugar. A lot of Oatmeal Raisin cookies are loaded with sugar to compensate. I didn’t really want that either. What was the point of having great fiber from the oats if you loaded it down with sugar?
These cookies taste wonderful, really they do! They are also a much healthier cookie, with only half the sugar and butter than most recipes I found. To help keep the cookies moist, soak the raisins in water just before adding them into the dough, along with the reserved raisin water.
A Better Oatmeal Cookie
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup raisins
- 1/2 cup sifted flour
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp nutmeg
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup butter, melted
- 3 cups quick oats
Pre-heat oven to 350 F. Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper. Place the raisins in a small bowl, cover them with water, and let them soak for 15 minutes.
In a large bowl, sift together flour, sugar, salt, baking powder, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Stir them until they’re evenly blended.
Set aside 3 Tbsp of water from the bowl of raisins, then drain the raisins, discarding the remaining water.
Whisk the egg in a medium bowl. Stir in the vanilla extract, melted butter, and reserved raisin water.
Make a well in the flour mixture, then pour in the egg mixture and blend well. Use a spatula to stir in the oats and the raisins.
With a tablespoon or cookie scoop (1 1/2 Tbsp size), place the portions of the dough on the cookie sheets, then use a spatula to flatten them slightly.
Bake the cookies one sheet at a time, rotating the pan halfway through, until they are golden brown, about 16 minutes. Let the cookies cool on the sheet for 3 to 4 minutes, then use a spatula to transfer them to a wire rack to cool completely.
Makes 24 cookies.
Source: Family Fun, March 2012