There is probably no such person who has never tried oatmeal cookies at least once in his life. Today, this dessert can be bought at any store. However, no purchased pastry can be compared with home baked goods. In many families, the recipe for this cookie is passed down from generation to generation.
Oatmeal raisin cookies - basic cooking principles
Homemade oatmeal cookies not only taste good, but are also useful baking. It is prepared only from natural products, so even nursing mothers and those who monitor their health can eat cookies.
You do not need much time to make this wonderful pastry, and as a result you will get soft, slightly crispy cookies.
The main ingredient is oatmeal. Better for cookies to take “Hercules”. Fast food product should not be used.
In addition to cereal, you will need flour, baking powder, sugar, raisins, eggs and butter.
It is advisable to pre-soak the raisins in warm water and leave it until it swells and becomes soft. Then it is drained of liquid and lightly dried on a napkin.
The oil should be soft, so it is removed beforehand from the refrigerator. Then beat it with sugar until fluffy mass. It sends an egg, flour with baking powder and raisins. Knead the dough and send it to rest in the fridge.
Cookies are made from dough and baked until golden.
In addition to raisins, nuts, chocolate pieces, almonds or sunflower seeds can be added to the dough.
Recipe 1. Oatmeal raisin cookies
Ingredients
baking powder - 5 g;
250 g of oat flakes “Hercules”;
tablespoon with a hill of flour;
raisins - 50 g;
butter - half a pack;
egg;
white sugar - two-thirds cup.
Method of preparation 1. Remove the oil from the refrigerator beforehand and leave it until soft. Put it in a bowl, add sugar and beat with a mixer until fluffy.
2. Beat in the egg and continue to beat a couple more minutes.
3. Add flour, oatmeal flakes, baking powder to the resulting mass and add raisins. Knead the dough, cover it with cling film and send it to the refrigerator for 20 minutes.
4. Sprinkle deco for baking water and lay the parchment. We moisten hands with water. We tear off a piece of dough, roll it into a ball and give it a shape of a not too thin flat cake. We spread on the deco.
5. We send the cookies to the oven, heating it to 200C, for 20 minutes. Put the finished cookies on a plate and serve with milk drinks.
Recipe 2. Oatmeal cookies with raisins, cinnamon and wheat germ
Ingredients
5 ml vanilla extract;
two eggs;
ground cinnamon;
baking soda - 5 g;
half a cup of cornmeal;
250 g of sugar;
750 g of oatmeal;
30 g of wheat germ;
5 g of baking powder;
a glass of wheat flour;
brown sugar - 200 g;
a pack of chocolate butter;
sea salt;
220 g of dark raisins.
Method of preparation
1. Put the wheat germ in a dry frying pan and lightly dry it over low heat.
2. Add oatmeal, wheat germ, baking powder, cinnamon and salt to flour. Stir.
3. Transfer the soft butter to a bowl, and whip it with brown and white sugar until the mass is fluffy.
4. Enter eggs one by one, beating well after each one.
5. Pour mixed dry ingredients into the oil-egg mass and continue to beat at low speed until homogeneous.
6. Wash the raisins in warm water. Put it in the dough and mix gently to avoid damaging the flakes.
7. Spoon take a little dough, spread on a baking sheet, forming round cakes and leaving a distance between them. 8. Bake a quarter of an hour at 180C. After seven minutes, flip to make it evenly browned. Put the finished cookies on the rack, cool and serve with milk drinks.
Recipe 3. Oatmeal cookies with raisins and nuts
Ingredients
flakes “Hercules” - 250 g;
a pinch of sea salt;
a glass of wheat flour;
baking powder - 10 g;
walnuts peeled - 250 g;
vanilla extract - a few drops;
a glass of raisins;
olive oil - 30 ml;
two eggs;
butter - pack;
150 g brown sugar.
Method of preparation
1. Heat oven to 190 degrees.
2. We pour the walnuts into the blender tank and smash it until the chips are not too fine.
3. Combine soft butter with brown sugar and grind until white.
4. Enter the egg, without stopping to mix, add a spoonful of flour. We enter the second egg, salt and, stirring, add raisins and a couple more spoons of flour.
5. Pour into the resulting mass “Hercules” and mix.
6. Add the rest of the flour, vanilla extract, ground nuts and baking powder. Stir the dough again thoroughly.
7. We decorate the parchment with the deco and oil it with olive oil.
8. We form balls from dough, wetting our hands with water. We lay them on the deco. Squeeze lightly palm.
9. We bake cookies in a heated oven for 20 minutes until a delicious crust. Put the finished cookies on the grid, cool and serve with milk or cocoa.
Recipe 4. Oatmeal cookies with raisins and chocolate
Ingredients
50 g of milk chocolate and raisins;
a cup of white sugar;
instant oatmeal - a cup;
egg;
baking powder - 5 g;
soft butter - 120 g;
sea salt - pinch;
vanilla extract - a few drops;
Cinnamon - 5 g.
Method of preparation
1. Put the oil in a deep bowl, add sugar and whisk until the mass is lush. Enter the egg and beat again. Salt, add baking powder, vanilla extract and cinnamon. Continue to beat a couple of minutes. Enter the oatmeal and raisins. Stir well. Enter the flour and knead the dough with your hands. 2. Dampen your hands in water. Oat mass is divided into 12 parts. Roll each into a ball and place on a baking sheet, making it with parchment.
3. Crumble chocolate into small pieces. Put a few pieces of cold chocolate in each cookie.
4. Turn on the oven at 180 ° C. Place the deco in the oven for 20 minutes. Put the ready pastry on the rack, cool and serve with coffee or cocoa.
Recipe 5. Banana oatmeal cookies with chocolate
Ingredients
a bag of vanilla;
150 g of flour;
sea salt;
butter - a quarter pack;
baking powder - bag;
chicken egg;
oatmeal - half a cup;
brown sugar - 50 g;
banana;
50 g of raisins and chocolate pieces.
Method of preparation
1. Remove the peel from the banana, cut the fruit into slices, put in a plate and mash with a fork to a state of mashed potatoes.
2. In a banana puree, add soft butter and whisk until fluffy.
3. Continuing to whisk, enter the egg and add brown sugar and vanilla.
4. In a separate bowl, combine the flour with baking powder, oatmeal, and salt. Stir.
5. Enter the dry mixture into the egg-oil mixture, add chocolate pieces and raisins. Stir with a spoon to form a homogeneous mass.
6. Cover the baking sheet with parchment and brush it with olive oil. Form balls of dough with a spoon, put them on a baking sheet, leaving a small distance between them. Press lightly.
7. Bake cookies at 190C for ten minutes. Serve with hot cocoa or milk.
Recipe 6. Oatmeal cookies with raisins and seeds
Ingredients
75 g raisins;
150 g butter;
150 g of peeled sunflower seeds;
120 g of white sugar;
on the tip of a cinnamon knife;
200 g oat flakes finely ground;
5 g of baking powder;
two tablespoons of flour;
chicken egg.
Method of preparation
1. Mix the softened butter with sugar and a teaspoon of flour. Beat five minutes. Then add the egg and beat again. 2. Peeled sunflower seeds lightly fry in a dry frying pan. Put in a bowl blender and chop.
3. Add flour, cinnamon, raisins, baking powder, seeds and oatmeal to the egg-oil mixture. Knead the dough. It will stick slightly to the hands, but it should be so. Collect it in a ball, wrap with cling film and refrigerate for 20 minutes.
4. After the allotted time, divide the dough into equal parts. Roll each into a ball the size of a large nut.
5. Deco cover the parchment. Put dough balls on it and slightly add them.
6. Heat oven to 190C. Place the deco with cookies on it and bake for 20 minutes. Serve with tea or milk.
Oatmeal Raisin Cookies - Tips and Tricks
- Wheat flour can be replaced with corn flour.
- The amount of sugar can change depending on your preferences.
- It is not advisable to use instant oatmeal for making cookies.
- If the raisins are not too dry, you can not soak them.
- Do not keep cookies in the oven for a long time, otherwise it will turn out dry.
- Cookies can be made not only round, but also cut out different figures from dough.
