I rarely make sweets, but I’ve now made these cookies twice in the past three weeks. Twice! They are so good and I want you to have the recipe. Oddly enough, it’s from Williams-Sonoma. Awesome store, but who knew they also had awesome recipes? Well not me, but I was pleasantly surprised. I bet your wondering how I found it.
I found the recipe by using the search terms ‘oatmeal raisin cookie recipe baking powder’. This is because when I was at the grocery store purchasing the ingredients to make cookies, sans any type of recipe, I assumed I had both baking powder and baking soda at home. To my dismay, only the former was true and I as without baking soda, which is in practically every oatmeal raisin cookie recipe on the internet. Or so I thought… until I found this little gem of a recipe that only required baking powder, not soda. Hooray!Aren’t you glad you know now?
The first time I made the cookies I followed the recipe exactly and if you can’t tell from above, I loved the way they turned out. I brought them to a work-related event and they got some good reviews. For the second time around, I played with the ingredients slightly. I used almond flour instead of traditional all-purpose flour and I added some chopped walnuts. Flavor wise they came out great once again! Texture wise, I think the use of the almond flour left them a little flat and a little sticky. This was fine for me though, because they were for my consumption only this time!
My ingredients:
Walnuts, almond flour, raisins, rolled oats, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, vanilla, brown sugar, an egg, and butter.
The first step is to mix the dry ingredients (flour, oats, raisins, baking powder, cinnamon, salt and nuts (if using- I used 1/2 cup) and set them aside.
Next, you want to mix the butter and brown sugar in a separate bowl with an electric mixer.
Why yes, that is an entire stick of butter. Next time I want to try a lower fat substitute, but for now, here’s the real deal.
At this point you want to add the egg and the vanilla extract and continue to mix.
It looks pretty similar to the above photo at this point, just a little creamier.
Next, add the dry ingredients to this bowl and mix with the electric mixer until all the ingredients are combined (about one minute).
Electric mixers rock!
Scoop them out onto the baking sheet (about 12 per sheet).
Bake for 15 minutes at 350 degrees and let cool on a wire rack. When the cookies are ready, remove with a metal spatula. The recipe suggests cooking one baking sheet at a time.
These cookies have provided great fuel for my morning runs in this sauna they call Maryland. This is a great little oatmeal raisin cookie recipe and I look forward to working from it in the future to make healthier versions. I’ll keep you posted on that!
– Eileen 🙂
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