tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16402510083856802572012-02-16T04:15:52.095-08:00cookiemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10107189807466406411noreply@blogger.comBlogger61100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1640251008385680257.post-76136124550392652892009-10-02T08:36:00.000-07:002009-10-02T08:40:53.086-07:00One of the grandma recipes that is liked by one and all is oatmeal raisin cookies. The chewy oatmeal raisin cookies are filled with goodness of nature. Oatmeal is a rich source of fiber. Research indicates that oatmeal can lower your cholesterol levels and can help you in reducing weight.<br />Traditionally the cookies were made using eggs. However, in the recent years, there are many people, who avoid using eggs for various reasons. Let us have a look at how to make vegan oatmeal raisin cookies:<br /><br />Ingredients<br /><br />¾ cup of unsalted vegan butter<br />1-cup brown sugar (light)<br />1 table spoon raisins<br />1 teaspoon flax seed powder<br />¼ cup of water<br />Few drops of vanilla essence<br />½ cup All Purpose Flour<br />¼ cup whole wheat flour<br />½ teaspoon baking soda<br />1/4th teaspoon salt<br />1/4th teaspoon cinnamon powder<br />3 cups rolled oats<br /><br />Procedure<br />Preparation time: 10 minutes<br />Cooking Time: 15 minutes<br /><br />• Blend butter and sugar in a bowl using either a spoon or a hand blender. Blend until the hand feels light.<br />• Mix water and flax seed powder in a mixer or blender and blend it well. The mix should get foamy.<br />• Side by side, set your oven for preheating at 180 degree Celsius.<br />• Take two baking sheets and grease it with butter. You can also use parchment paper.<br />• The flax seed mix and vanilla essence is to be added to the butter. Blend well with spatula. Fold it only on one side.<br />• Take a bowl and mix flours, salt, cinnamon powder, and baking soda.<br />• Now, add this to the butter mix. Blend well and fold once again, with a light hand.<br />• Add oats and raisins to the mixture.<br />• Now, place the batter on the baking sheets, placing them at a gap of 2 to 3 inches.<br />• With a wet hand, give shape to the cookies to make them half inch thicker.<br />• The edges of the cookies should turn golden brown, but the center of the cookies should be moist. Bake the cookies for about 10-15 minutes to get this result.<br />• Switch off the oven and the cookies should be allowed to cool on the baking sheet for about 5 to 7 minutes. After this, let the cookies cool off fully on a wire rack.<br /><br />Your yummy vegan oatmeal raisin cookies are ready to eat.<br />The raisin oatmeal cookies will stay longer if you freeze them. So, eat a few now and stack some away for later use.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1640251008385680257-7613612455039265289?l=oatmeal-raisin-cookies.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cookiemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10107189807466406411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1640251008385680257.post-49842982778041168812008-12-05T04:56:00.000-08:002008-12-05T05:00:34.848-08:00This is a joke about oatmeal raisin cookies.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">A dying man smells his favorite oatmeal raisin cookies cooking downstairs. It takes all the strength he has left but he gets up from the bed and crawls down the stairs. He sees the cookies cooling on the counter and staggers over to them. As he reaches for one, his wife's wrinkled hand reaches out, smacks his and she yells: "No, you can't have those! They are for the funeral!"</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1640251008385680257-4984298277804116881?l=oatmeal-raisin-cookies.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cookiemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10107189807466406411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1640251008385680257.post-61450641296548164382008-11-23T05:38:00.000-08:002008-11-23T06:11:05.297-08:00Christmas is fast approaching.<br /><br />It's time to learn how to decorate cookies to impress your family and friends. Check out my post on <a href="http://oatmeal-raisin-cookies.blogspot.com/2008/10/best-oatmeal-raisin-cookie-recipe.html">oatmeal raisin cookie recipe</a> to see how to make oatmeal raisin cookies. Then follow the following simple steps to decorate them.<br /><br /><br />Additional Ingredients:<br /><br />candy cherries<br />white chocolate chips<br />dark chocolate chips<br /><br /><br />1. After baking, remove the cookies from the oven.<br /><br />2. Melt a small bowl of dark chocolate chips in the microwave. Then use a butter knife to spread the chocolate on the bottom of the cookies.<br /><br />3. Put some white chocolate chips in a ziploc and put the bag in a hot bowl of water to melt them. After five minutes, remove the ziploc and squeeze the chocolate into a funnel shape and cut off the corner. Squirt the chocolate on the top of the cookies to decorate them.<br /><br />4. Stick a candy cheery on top of each cookie using the melted white chocolate as glue.<br /><br />Viola! You are done! Share the cookies with your friends and family! :)<br /><br />These are simple steps to make Christmas oatmeal raisin cookies.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1640251008385680257-6145064129654816438?l=oatmeal-raisin-cookies.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cookiemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10107189807466406411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1640251008385680257.post-38783811313245953692008-11-09T06:30:00.000-08:002009-10-04T07:11:59.054-07:00I have been looking around for different oatmeal raisin cookie recipes.<br /><br />The first site I stumbled upon had a recipe for oatmeal cookies by ... Quaker of course. I took a look at the recipe and noticed that it uses almost the same ingredients at slightly different proportions. Here's the recipe:<br /><br />1-1/4 cups (2-1/2 sticks) margarine or butter, softened<br />3/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar<br />1/2 cup granulated sugar<br />1 egg<br />1 teaspoon vanilla<br />1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour<br />1 teaspoon baking soda<br />1 teaspoon ground cinnamon<br />1/2 teaspoon salt (optional)<br />1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg<br />3 cups Quaker Oats (quick or old fashioned, uncooked)<br /><br />You can add raisins to the recipe if you like. I would definitely do that. I love raisins so much that I even thought of adding them to my pizza... lol<br /><br />The recipe uses one extra cup of oat - that should help sales :) I haven't tried it out yet. I hope the cookies won't be hard. I believe that the cookies will be softer than mine as the recipe uses more butter.<br /><br />Here's a picture of the cookies.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yq8LPQ1mdVc/SRb3oq_dfxI/AAAAAAAAAAM/dunUcDp2E3A/s1600-h/454.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yq8LPQ1mdVc/SRb3oq_dfxI/AAAAAAAAAAM/dunUcDp2E3A/s400/454.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266669092363665170" border="0" /></a><br />Enjoy!<br /><br />I'll be making a lot of quaker oatmeal raisin cookies when I move into my new house.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1640251008385680257-3878381131324595369?l=oatmeal-raisin-cookies.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cookiemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10107189807466406411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1640251008385680257.post-78403577080122937672008-10-31T17:31:00.000-07:002008-11-09T06:29:59.325-08:00My first oatmeal raisin cookie recipe.<br /><br />Ingredients<br /><br />3/4 cup softened butter<br />1 cup white sugar<br />1 cup brown sugar<br />2 eggs<br />1 teaspoon vanilla extract<br />1 and 1/4 cups all purpose flour<br />1 teaspoon baking soda<br />1 cup dried raisins<br />2 cups oatmeal<br />1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon<br /><br />Steps<br /><br />1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Farenheit<br />2. Beat the eggs, vanilla extract, ground cinnamon and baking soda in a big bowl until fluffy.<br />3. Add in the all purpose flour and butter and stir.<br />4. Add the white and brown sugar into the mixture and stir.<br />5. Stir in the raisins and oatmeal<br />6. Finally put tablespoons of the mixture on a baking pan and bake them for 10 minutes.<br />7. Done! I love to eat them right out of the oven :) Enjoy!<br /><br />Hope you love my oatmeal raisin cookies.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1640251008385680257-7840357708012293767?l=oatmeal-raisin-cookies.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cookiemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10107189807466406411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1640251008385680257.post-69442643915143788222008-10-25T20:15:00.000-07:002008-11-09T06:30:37.467-08:00Oatmeal raisin cookies are the best cookies I've ever eaten.<br /><br />I came across them about six years ago and immediately fell in love. Everytime I went to the mall, I would stop at Ms. Fields' to get my fix. Good thing I'm not diabetic or it would be the worst nightmare. One day, I decided to learn how to make them myself. I started looking for recipes and I was lucky that a friend of mine had the recipe. Believe it or not, it tastes exactly the same as Ms. Fields'! They even look the same! That's how it got started.<br /><br />I'm really proud of my recipes so I will be sharing them here with my readers. Perhaps, someday I'll make a business out of it. :)<br /><br />Hope you'll love my oatmeal raisin cookies.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1640251008385680257-6944264391514378822?l=oatmeal-raisin-cookies.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cookiemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10107189807466406411noreply@blogger.com0