Who decided that oatmeal and raisin was the thing?
I mean, really. Raisins? I like them and all, but who the hell wants fruit of any kind in their dessert?
LIES, vintage Molly Ringwald. LIES.
We all know nature’s candy is the cocoa bean that naturally becomes chocolate with the addition of hours of tedious labor and various chemicals.
Duh.
So, I wanted to give a big Screw You To Fake-Healthy Cookies and throw the raisins out the window.
I went on allrecipes.com and found a well-rated, basic cookie recipe. But I made a few (relatively minor) changes.
- 3/4 cup butter, softened
- 3/4 cup white sugar
- 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 3/4 cups rolled oats
- 1 cup white chocolate chips
- 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.
If you’re a fan of Little Debbie Oatmeal Cream Pies, you must make these cookies. David used to eat the Little Debbie cakes as a kid– his Grandma would give them to him, and to watch him eat one is to watch a kid on Christmas morning. These cookies taste exactly like the Little Debbie cakes, but without the preservatives and scary, unpronounceable chemicals. To be honest, I might make some home made whipped cream, and make some oatmeal pies tomorrow!
If they last that long.
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We’re totally a chocolate-chips-instead-of-raisins-with-our-oatmeal-cookies kinda family too. I mean, it’s blasphemy to put raisins in a cookie. It just is.
i completely agree. i’m sure there is a place for raisins in the world… i think breakfast cookies? maybe?
Oh!!!!! My favorite words out of Granny’s mouth were “go get you a cookie”. Usually it was followed by some term of endearment like sugar or honey. I must make these. Like now.
Did he also tell you about the Sunkist and Pepsi floats with Bluebell Fudge Sundae ice cream? If you can make that less preservative filled you’ll be my hero!
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awww, i SO wish i could have met your granny! she sounds like the sweetest woman ever.
now i have to think about that float… i know i can do the ice cream, it’s the pepsi that’s the problem!
Pinning right now. I have some white chocolate chips with no apparent purpose and stale rolled oats. Perfect. We can eat them while we drink wine and discuss the BSC Super Mysteries. Because yes, they were the best.
the first time i made these, it was because i went completely crazy buying cookie add-ins at the grocery store. and voila.
hooray for a delicious looking oatmeal cookie! i cant wait to try!
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These look so yummy!! Thanks for linking up to Tasty Thursdays at The Mandatory Mooch. Hope you will link up again this week. The party just went live at http://mandatorymooch.blogspot.com/2012/08/tasty-thursday-4.html
Thanks,
Nichi