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Though oatmeal cookies have always been my favorite kind, I’ve never (up till now) actually baked them from scratch. Yesterday I bought a jar of Quaker Oats® and I spotted a recipe on the back of the lid. I always love how American manufacturers think of placing a recipe on the inside of their products. So well thought of! The recipe is called ‘Vanishing Oatmeal Raisin Cookies’. I believe the ‘vanishing’-part refers to the fact that these cookies are so good they’ll be gone within hours. That’s exactly what happened in my house; I baked them this morning and in the late afternoon they were ‘vanished’! Rating: 5 out of 5.
Vanishing Oatmeal Raisin Cookies recipe: Quaker Oats®
Ingredients:- ½ pound (2 sticks) margarine or butter, softened
- 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
- ½ granulated sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon salt (optional)
- 3 cups rolled oats (quick or old fashioned, uncooked)
- 1 cup raisins
Instructions:- Heat the oven to 350°F.
- Beat together margarine and sugars until creamy. Add eggs and vanilla; beat well. Add combined flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt; mix well. Stir in oats and raisins; mix well.
- Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until golden brown. Cool 1 minute on cookie sheet. Remove to wire rack.
The oatmeal takes up most of the recipe, so I can delude myself into thinking that these are 'healthy'.
I bought a new cookie sheet: I'm in love with it ♥!![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe8wyYgd9_slxMhBKzMpXJD6Mb7SmA-3jW6zvBzKfe2mAIeSN7fdbLn2uWg0stlN2owS6Q7zXWs2PNkFSJjSgpIBibb799q2CTR3QE0hZ2miiXwjeZX8UxaJHirIo2oaworZqB4mywjgNg/s400/4365182068_d894728331_b.jpg)
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Ladies and gentlemen, may I present to you the magnificent 'Vanishing Oatmeal Raisin Cookies'... vanished within hours!
Update: Because these cookies were gone so quickly, I made another batch last night and tried chocolate chips in stead of raisins: that was delicious too!
Comments
I looove oatmeal-raisin cookies!
yours trully Liliana, Safford Az