Cookies!!
April 30, 2008 by arielle
I made the best oatmeal raisin cookies tonight. And I don’t mind saying so.
But really, here’s the thing. I love to bake. Just ask my mom, I used to make cookies and brownies all the time when I was growing up. You know, back when my metabolism was fast as lightening and I could eat five brownies in one sitting. With chocolate chips in them and also probably icing on top.
Chris doesn’t believe me when I tell him about the good old days, because I hardly ever bake now for fear of eating the final product. The last thing I need is a batch of cookies hanging around this apartment, let’s be real. I have enough problems keeping my spoon out of the peanut butter jar.
But tonight I got the itch to bake because my friend just took an apartment down the street from us and I was going to meet her there to check it out. And so I thought I’d bring her cookies because she is very thin and if she’s living this close, we need to be sharing clothes, which means I need to fatten her up a little. So I went by the store while walking Jack and bought some raisins. I selected the ones in miniature boxes because I knew there would be leftovers and - as we’ve all seen - I need portion control around dried fruit.
Then I came home and turned Dreena’s vegan chocolate chip cookies into an oatmeal cookie recipe by using:
* 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
* 1/4 cup whole wheat flour
* 1/2 cup oats
* 1 tsp baking powder
* 1/2 tsp baking soda
* 1/4 cup brown sugar
* 1/4 tsp salt
* 1/3 cup maple syrup
* 1 1/2 tsp vanilla
* 1/4 cup canola oil
* 3 oz (two mini boxes) raisins
* A small handful of chopped walnuts
* 2 - 3 T ground flax
Combine the dry, combine the wet, mix together and add the raisins and walnuts. Bake for eleven minutes at 350. I mean eleven minutes, too. Not ten. Not twelve. ELEVEN. Otherwise they’ll dry out, says Deena, who, by the way, is a genius, so I believe her.
I made eight huge cookies. I didn’t realize they would be that big or else I would’ve made them smaller. Not that I didn’t manage to eat one and half, plus some batter:
I really think these could be a healthy snack, what with all the fiber and raisins and walnuts and flax. They are downright good for you.
Oh - and dinner, which was a total after thought, was stir fry with quinoa, tempeh, vegetables, and this sauce:
I couldn’t eat all this, so I put some back. I am going to try desperately to have the leftovers for lunch tomorrow. I hate leftovers.
Um I’ll just give you my address and you can ship all your baked goods to me. I totally eat cookies from strangers all the time. Those cookies look too good…and I just ate dinner and am reallly craving dessert. Unfortunately, anytime we don’t have dessert food I go for the peanut butter jar…
Yum oatmeal cookies = comfort food!
And your peanut soy sauce sounds wonderful.
That’s fantastic!! I still need to try making the original chocolate chip cookies, but oatmeal in them sounds even better!
Haha I hate leftovers too!
I had stir fry too!! mmm mmm. And those cookies! I would have problems controlling myself around those things too!
Even as a vegetarian, vegan recipes frighten me to my very core. Those look good though. My belief system is shattered.
Ahhh, oatmeal raisin cookies!! Yum!! I’m in a baking rut right now (which is what I just posted about on my blog), so I’m glad to read that you’re loving it right now.
I’m sure that the leftovers will be great today :0)
I know. I hate leftovers too. My husband always “forgets” to bring them to work with him and I get stuck with them all the time.
And what does it say about me that when I saw your cookie picture I got so excited that a little bit of pee came out?
That can’t be good, right?
I had my very first Cliff bar today! I think im hooked!
thanks or not, depending (I too have issues with portion control sometimes)
I absolutely LOVE baking as well (and oatmeal cookies!). Usually when I bake I bring everything into work, or to the gym, or to my friends - anywhere but my apartment. I just want to bake the stuff, not eat it!
I totally want to try one of those cookies though - yum! And I agree, they are pretty freakin’ healthy! Pre/post workout snack maybe? Hmm…
I would like a cake tonight.
Thank you.
I love oatmeal cookies! Funny Comment about your thin friend.
I am jealous of your friend because those cookies look amazing! mmmm.
Hannah -
Strangers make the best cookies. We’ll see how things go. So far I’ve been able to show a little self control, but it’s only noon.
Chocolate -
For sure. These are all soft and chewy, too.
Romina -
The original is amazing! I’m thinking oatmeal chocolate chip would be pretty good.
Jenn -
If someone tells you they like leftovers, they are lying. LYING.
Trust -
Your stir fry looked better than mine.
Ben -
I know, I felt the same way, but trust me on this one. I swear, they actually taste even more buttery than a regular cookie. It might be the maple syrup. I don’t know.
Veggie -
Whole foods is a good substitute in a pinch.
Kristen -
Chris uses the “we don’t have a microwave at work” excuse. Some people are too spoiled to eat things cold.
I think that is good. These are pee-worthy. Hey didn’t you tell me that you screwed up oatmeal cookies once? Make these, they are unscrew-up-able.
Each -
Yeah. That’s why I get the Zs. Although I read that Clif came out with minis which would be a huge help. Haven’t seen them yet though.
Chandra -
Yeah, sometimes I send stuff to work with Chris. There’s only so much Jack and I can eat in this office.
Chris -
Not happening.
Leng -
Think it’s going to take more than a couple healthy cookies, though.
Cara -
She didn’t get them, don’t be jealous. She didn’t come. Her loss, my gain. And I do mean gain. As in, weight gain.