Cookies!!
Now I know this has nothing to do with our wedding (although I suspect it might be the reason Martin has agreed to marry me) but I’ve been asked several times lately to post the recipe for my Oatmeal Raisin Cookies. Yes, it seems that I make the world’s best Oatmeal Raisin Cookies. Everyone needs a skill, right? Now if only I could figure out a way to get rich off it. Hmmm. Well, for now give it a try and see what you think!
Eggless Oatmeal Raisin Cookies (good for vegans if you use margarine instead of butter!)
Ingredients:
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
80 g applesauce (British applesauce is thicker than US applesauce so any Yanks may need to adjust this amount until you get the correct consistency) & 2 tbsp vegetable oil
1 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp soda
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp salt
3 cups oatmeal, old fashioned or quick
1 cup raisins
Directions:
1. heat oven to 350F/180C (or 170C for fan oven)
2. Beat margarine and sugars until creamy.
3. Add applesauce and oil (or eggs) and vanilla; beat well.
4. Add combined flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt, mix well.
5. Stir in oats and raisins, mix well.
6. Drop by rounded tlbs. onto ungreased cookie sheet.
7. Bake for about 14 or 15 minutes until golden brown.
8. Cool 1 minute on cookie sheet, remove to wire rack.
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These sound too tasty for words… except for those nasty humiliated grapes you’ve included in the recipe. I know, I know… MOST people love the idea of the raisin (sad that I initially spelled it wrong and had to be corrected by the wordpress spell check… which goes a long way in explaining how distant I’ve become from them in life), or at least the taste of the raisin. I know that not liking them is somewhat un-American and apparently also un-international of me. I get it. I just can’t even stand the thought of eating them. So… if one should ever think of making a batch of these beauties sans raisin, I’d be all over them! Otherwise… the rest of ya’all, knock yourselves out! They sound delicious!