Spicy Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

Submitted by mielhollinger

"Delicately flavored with herbs and spices, the uniqueness of these cookies intrigues all. (This recipe is from the cookbook "How It All Vegan.")"

 

• Ready In: 25mins
• Ingredients: 17
• Yields: 12 small cookies

ingredients

• 3 cups rolled oats
• 1 cup flour
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon cumin
• 1⁄2 teaspoon dried cardamom
• 1⁄2 teaspoon pepper
• 1 dash cayenne pepper
• 1 banana, mashed
• 1⁄2 cup dry sweetener
• 2 tablespoons oil
• 1 cup sour soymilk (soy milk + 1 tsp vinegar)
• 3⁄4 cup raisins
• 1⁄2 cup chocolate or 1/2 cup carob chips (optional)

directions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degreed F.
2. In a large bowl, stir together the oat flakes, flour, salt, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, cumin, cardamom, pepper, and cayenne.
3. Add the mashed banana, sweetener, oil, sour milk, raisins, and chocolate chips to the oat mixture and mix together gently until just mixed.
4. Scoop spoon-sized portions onto a lightly oiled cookie sheet and bake for 8-10 minutes.

Reviews

[Anne La Quebecoise]

Delicious unusual spice blend! I baked mines for 10 minutes and they were not as chewy as I would have liked, so next time I'll take them out after 8 minutes. I got 12 BIG cookies with this recipe. I think tablespoon-sized portions of dough should yield around 25 cookies. I skipped the chocolate chips but doubled the sweetener (major sugar craving...) and liked them a lot this way. Good healthy cookie. Thanks for posting!

 

[Miss Annie in Indy]

The flavor of these cookies is wonderful. But I did leave out the pepper, cayene, vinegar and chocolate chips. I used a mixture of sugar and splenda sweetner and used margarine instead of oil. My cookies were mounds, next time I will flaten with a glass or fork tines. I was worried about using the cumin, but with all the other spices it blended in beautifully. Thanks for another way to use my soy milk. I really enjoyed this cookie and it was very easy to make.

 

[Ariix]

Good low fat cookie recipe. The spices are really unique for cookies! I used just a few dashes of salt as a personal preference. I'm thinking of trying these spices in other cookie recipes too (margarine cookie recipes... for those times when low fat doesn't quite satisfy the cookie craving!)