Oatmeal Raisin Cookies With Flax Food

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.

OATMEAL-FLAX CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Whisk the flour, oats, flaxseed, baking soda, salt and cinnamon in a bowl.
• Beat the butter, granulated sugar and brown sugar in a large bowl with a mixer on medium-high speed until fluffy, about 4 minutes. Beat in the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in the vanilla. Reduce the mixer speed to low; add the flour mixture and beat until just combined, scraping down the bowl as needed. Stir in the chocolate chips.
• Drop heaping tablespoonfuls of dough onto the prepared baking sheets, about 2 inches apart. Bake until golden brown, 10 to 12 minutes. Let the cookies cool 3 minutes on the baking sheets, then transfer to racks to 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.

BIG FAT OATMEAL RAISIN COOKIES

Steps:

• In a small bowl mix flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt.
• In a big bowl cream butter with sugar. Add egg and honey and beat well.
• Little by little add the flour mixture. Knead into a dough (should stick together well but still be a bit crumbly).
• Fold in oatmeal and raisins.
• Shape the dough into balls of desired size (I make these big and fat as stated above--> balls the size of an egg). Place on a paper-lined baking sheet and flatten lightly.
• Bake in the preheated oven at 180°C (~350°F) for 15-20 minutes (will vary according to size of your cookies).

FLAX OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Cream together the butter, sugar, Splenda, and brown sugar.
• Add the flax meal and mix.
• In a separate bowl, beat the eggs and vanilla.
• Add to the flax mixture and mix together.
• Sift together the flour and baking soda in another bowl.
• Add the oatmeal, cinnamon, ginger, and nuts, and stir with the flour.
• Combine with the flax mixture.
• Form into approximately 1 tablespoon size balls.
• Flatten on a baking sheet and press sugar into the top.
• Bake approximately 10-15 minutes. until slightly brown.
• Cool on wire racks.

" FLAKY" OATMEAL-RAISIN COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, combine brown sugar and butter. Cream until well blended.
• Stir in eggs and mix well.
• Combine baking soda, baking powder, salt and flour. Fold into sugar-butter mixture.
• Stir in vanilla, raisins, oats, corn flakes, coconut and walnuts. Blend well.
• Scoop out balls of cookie dough with an ice cream scoop or tablespoon onto cookie sheets.
• Flatten each scoop slightly with palm or glass.
• Bake at 350° for 13-15 minutes.