Cookin' with Laura: Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

I normally make cookies once a week because they are so easy to pack in lunches for dessert! I don't like to make too many because by the end of a batch, I want them to still be pretty fresh. What I have been doing lately is making enough dough for two weeks worth of cookies and freezing half of the recipe in the freezer, so I only have to make dough once every two weeks! Last week, my husband asked for oatmeal raisin cookies, and as soon as he did, I jumped on laurainthekitchen.com and sure enough she has the perfect recipe! These turned out great, even after having the dough frozen for a week! If you like oatmeal raisin cookies, these are a must-try!

Check out her video for this recipe here!

Ingredients:

1 and ¾ of a Stick of Unsalted Butter, at room temperature
1 Tbsp of Vegetable Shortening, at room temperature
¾ of a cup of Brown Sugar
¾ of a cup of Regular Sugar
3 Cups of Quick Cooking (or old fashioned) Oats
2 Eggs
1 tsp of Vanilla Extract
½ tsp of Salt
1 tsp Baking Soda
¾ of a tsp of Cinnamon
1 ¼ of a cup of All Purpose Flour
1 cup of Raisins

Process:

 1) Preheat your oven to 375 degrees.

2) In a small bowl, mix together the flour, salt, baking soda and cinnamon. Set aside.

3) In the large bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, cream together the first 4 ingredients. Add the eggs and vanilla and mix for just a few seconds.

4) Add the dry ingredients and mix together to combine but do not over mix,

5) Add the oats and raisins and just mix together for about 10 seconds. Just long enough to incorporate the raisins and oats.

6) With a rubber spatula, just give everything one last mix by hand from the bottom up, just to insure that all of the ingredients are combined.

I would be lying if I said I didn't treat myself to a healthy portion of this dough!

7) Using a small ice cream scoop, drop the dough on to a non stick baking sheet, a couple inches apart.

8) Bake for about 9 to 11 minutes or until lightly golden.

9) Let cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

10) Serve and Enjoy!


Enjoy your day and maybe even a cookie or two!

-M