Raisin Oatmeal Cookies-Health Food or Not????

Well I have convinced myself that this recipe for Raisin Oatmeal Cookies is Healthy Food….now if I add chocolate chips (which I do on a regular basis) they might just slip a bit off the Good Health Food Guide. I love this recipe, it ticks a lot of my boxes for family cooking, everyone in the family loves them, easy to make, very short cooking time needed and the cookie dough freezes very very well. The smell of these cooking in the house is just beautiful .

8oz butter, softened
8oz caster sugar
8oz soft brown sugar
2 large eggs
2 teaspoon vanilla
12oz plain flour
1 teaspoon bread soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoon cinnamon
12 oz oats (not instant)
10 oz raisins
Optional….chocolate chips as little or as much as you like

Preheat oven to 180c or 350F
Cream Butter and sugar, add eggs and vanilla
Sieve in Flour, bread soda, baking power, salt and cinnamon…..Fold all together
Add oats, raisins and if using chocolate chips….stir
Using a desert spoon drop dough on to a greased tray
Bake for 10-12 mins…cookie should be still soft and moist in middle
Let cool for a minute on tray then transfer on to wire rack
To freeze remaining dough….I use grease proof paper, shake some flour on it, add half of the dough and roll into a sausage shape, leave in greaseproof paper, do the same with remaining dough. Freeze, when frozen put into freezer bags.
To cook from frozen…..take sausage shape dough out of freezer, cut off as many slices as need and cook as above

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