Jackie H. Silver Post Medal for All Time! 355 Posts
December 6, 2015
My kids always loved oatmeal raisin cookies the best. Especially if they were soft and chewy. This recipe is the same as I always used except for one "surprise" ingredient.
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Total Time: Prep Time 20 minutes; Cooking time 30 minutes
Yield: 3 dozen cookies
Source: Homemade recipe
Ingredients:
2 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1/2 cup (1 stick) softened butter
1/2 cup chunky apples*
1 cup very tightly packed brown sugar
1 egg, plus 1 yolk
1 1/2 cup rolled oats or quick oats
1 cup raisins (opt.)
*I peel, core and chop 4 medium apples, cook in about 1" of water until the apples start to soften, remove from heat, let cool, stir to break down a bit. You want the apples chunky.
Steps:
Preheat oven 375 degrees F.
2. In a small bowl mix flour, baking powder, baking soda salt, cinnamon & nutmeg. Whisk together and set aside.
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In a medium bowl cream butter by hand or mixer and brown sugar together. Add chunky apples (make sure they are cooled) and mix well. Add egg & yolk and stir to combine.
Add all dry ingredients to medium bowl and stir. Add oats and raisins and stir to combine smoothly.
5. Using a cookie scoop, place cookie dough on a greased cookie sheet 2" apart.
6. Bake for roughly 9 minutes until the edges start to turn golden brown.
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7. Let sit for 30 seconds and lift with a spatula onto a platter.
Mash bananas and beat with a fork until pureed. Add applesauce, egg whites and vanilla. Stir in soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, flour and oatmeal. Mix well. Add raisins and mix. Drop tablespoons of batter onto cookie sheet and flatten with a fork.
attosa Diamond Post Medal for All Time! 1,246 Posts
March 6, 2019
This is a super delicious cookie that uses more oatmeal than usual, and much less flour. It's versatile in that if you want them chewy, just stack the cookie dough higher on your baking sheet.
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Like them crisp? Flatten them out. I like them crispy on the outside with chewy middles so I go right in between. Yum!