My Favorite Oat Meal Cookie Recipe!

Oat Meal Cookies

These are a low fat and sugar cookie that tastes great and uses complex carbs to rev up your metabolism. When I make these I eat them as my breakfast bar.

Cookies can be enjoyed if you watch the amount and type of cookies you eat. These cookies are made with whole oats and whole wheat flour so they have some better qualities than mass produced cookies you can buy – those tend to be high in fat and sugar, and who knows what else goes into them!

INGREDIENTS
½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature, plus extra for greasing the pan
¾ cup dark brown sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
¾ cup whole wheat flour (Trader Joes and King Arthur brand has 100% whole wheat white flower that looks and tastes great for cookies)
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon cinnamon
1½ cups “old-fashioned” oats ½ cup raisins


DIRECTIONS

• Preheat the oven to 350 F. Lightly grease one or two baking sheets.

•  Cream the butter and the sugar together in a mixing bowl (by hand with a wooden spoon or using a handheld electric mixer) until fluffy. Beat in the egg. Stir in the vanilla extract, flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt together in a separate mixing bowl. Beat them into the butter mixture. Stir in the oats and raisins.

• Drop the batter by slightly mounded tablespoons onto the prepared baking sheet(s). Bake until lightly browned on the bottom, 10 to 12 minutes.
• For round, flat cookies, just press the cookies with the palm of your hand after dropping them onto the baking sheet.

For variations you can :

• Add a 1/2 cup nuts or choc chips
• Change raisins to craisins
• For diabetics you can change the brown sugar to 1/2 cup of agave nectar instead