Oatmeal Raisin Cookies With Flax Recipes

OATMEAL RAISIN COOKIES I

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• In large bowl, cream together butter, white sugar, and brown sugar until smooth. Beat in the eggs and vanilla until fluffy. Stir together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt. Gradually beat into butter mixture. Stir in oats and raisins. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets.
• Bake 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until golden brown. Cool slightly, remove from sheet to wire rack. Cool completely.

FLAX OATMEAL RAISIN COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• In a large bowl, cream together butter, brown sugar, vanilla and cinnamon until smooth.
• Add the two kinds of oats, one at a time mixing well after each addition.
• Add whole wheat flour, ground flax, baking soda and raisins and mix well to incorporate into the stiff dough.
• Take the dough out of the bowl and place on a cutting board or a flat surface.
• Roll the dough out with your hands into a 1 1/2 inch diameter cylinder.
• With a serrated edged knife, cut the roll into 1/2 inch thick discs.
• Place the discs on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
• In a preheated 375° oven bake for 12 minutes or until golden brown.
• Cool cookies on the baking sheet for 30 minutes.
• Remove to a wire rack and let cool completely.

AGAVE OATMEAL RAISIN FLAX COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325°F.
• Mix together the margarine and agave nectar.
• In a separate bowl, whisk together 2 Tablespoons flax seed meal with 4 Tablespoons of water. Add to margarine/agave.
• Add in remaining dry ingredients: 1/2 cup flax seed meal, whole wheat pastry flour, vanilla extract, ground cinnamon, baking soda, sea salt.
• Mix in oats then raisins on low.
• Measure about 1/4 cup of cookie dough (I use an ice cream scoop) per cookie onto ungreased cookie sheets and flatten slightly. Cookies do not spread much so you can bake them rather close together.
• Bake for 12-14 minutes until the edges are slightly browned.

CHEWY OATMEAL RAISIN COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a medium bowl, whisk together oats, flour, raisins, baking soda, and salt; set aside. Using an electric mixer, beat butter and sugars until light and fluffy, scraping down bowl as necessary. Add egg and vanilla; beat until combined. Gradually add oat mixture; beat just until combined.
• Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls, 2 inches apart, onto two baking sheets. Bake until cookies are golden brown but still soft, 12 to 16 minutes, rotating sheets halfway through. Cool 5 minutes on sheets; transfer cookies to a wire rack to cool completely.

OATMEAL RAISIN COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Stir together oats, flour, wheat germ, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt in a large bowl; set aside. Put butter and sugars in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Mix on medium speed until pale and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Mix in eggs and vanilla. Reduce speed to low. Add oat mixture; mix until just combined. Mix in raisins.
• Using a 1 1/2-inch ice cream scoop, drop dough onto baking sheets lined with parchment paper, spacing 2 inches apart. Flatten slightly.
• Bake until golden and just set, about 14 minutes. Let cool on sheets on wire racks 5 minutes. Transfer cookies to racks using a spatula; let cool completely. Cookies can be stored in airtight containers at room temperature up to 3 days.