Raisin Crunch Cookies
photo by Vino Girl
- Ready In:
- 36mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Yields:
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48 cookies
- Serves:
- 48
ingredients
- 1 1⁄4 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1⁄2 cup old fashioned oats or 1/2 cup quick-cooking oats
- 1⁄2 cup butter
- 3⁄4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
- 1⁄2 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup Raisin Bran cereal
- 1 1⁄4 cups flaked coconut
- 1⁄2 cup raisins
directions
- Preheat oven to 350ºF.
- Mix flour, baking powder, baking soda and oats; set aside.
- Beat butter and sugars in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy.
- Add egg and vanilla; mix well.
- Gradually add flour mixture, beating until well blended after each addition.
- Add cereal, coconut and raisins; stir until well blended.
- Drop heaping teaspoonfuls of dough, 2 inches apart, onto ungreased baking sheets.
- Bake 14 to 16 minutes or until lighty browned.
- Cool on baking sheets 3 to 4 minutes; remove to wire racks.
- Cool completely.
- Store in tightly covered container at room temperature.
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Reviews
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My son rated these the best cookie he ever ate! I've soaked the raisins in a little warm water with 1/2 tsp vanilla or rum flavor. This recipe lends itself well to variations(and it still comes out great). I've added or substituted dried cranberries, dried cherries, walnuts, cinnamon chips and/or butterscotch chips. Yum!
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I've made these twice now out of my Food & Family mag. I love the chewy texture the coconut adds inside with a nice crispy outside. My whole family loved them. I added pecans to the second batch. I also used Total cranberry crunch cereal as I didn't have Raisin Bran. Will definitely try some variations with this recipe. Both times I ended up with 30 cookies.
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I was pleasantly surprised at how quickly these went together. I don't eat much cold cereal these days, and had some Raisin Bran that was starting to get stale, so this was a good way to use up some of it. I made some of my usual adjustments to these, and they turned out well: 3/4 C whole wheat flour & 1/2 C ap flour; 2 T butter & 6-7 T unsweetened applesauce; reduced sugars to 1/2 C and 1/3 C (respectively); and only added about 3/4 C coconut, as that is all I had. I did have to reduce the oven temp just a bit, but that could be my oven, and I also had to take them out sooner than the recipe states (around 12 minutes), or they were too done. While these are not something that I would make unless I was trying to get rid of some Raisin Bran, I would consider making them again under those circumstances. I'm taking them to work tomorrow, so we'll see how they like them!
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My whole family loved these - which is rare. My husband typically doesn't even like sweets and I don't like oatmeal rasin cookies - but thought these were great. The kids couldn't get enough! I eliminated the egg and added a little olive oil - my toddler has egg allergies so cookies are often problematic. As usual for egg elimination, the cookies don't hold together as well - but they still tasted good!
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Vino Girl
United States
My husband and I married straight out of college in July of 1992. I work as the Assistant Manager at a wine shop which allows me to drink on the job! (OK, not that much, but it's still a fun job...) Besides helping customers choose wine they will like (and also help with food and wine pairings for their menus), I also get to help with the catering end of the business, so I get to spend a fair amount of time in the kitchen making fun appetizers and beautiful food displays. I also work part-time at the fromagerie next door. So yeah - that means I eat on the job, too. :^D
We live on several peaceful wooded acres on a cute little river in rural NE Wisconsin, with a cranky old-lady Burmese and whatever stray outdoor cats that have decided to adopt us on any given day. The cute puppy in the picture is Jake, our Elhew-bred English Pointer that we brought home on Easter weekend 2007. I've also got 2 painted turtles named Dennis and Fuzz, and a bunch of fish (koi and goldfish, along with the guppies & swordtails in the turtle tank).
I USUALLY eat and cook healthy, but I rarely pass up dessert, either. I do not eat red meat, and try to limit other animal products, too. I love to bake, although I seem to collect a lot of scone and biscotti recipes which I NEVER get around to making. I bake and eat A LOT of cookies and muffins... I almost always reduce the sugar by 1/4 and use whole wheat pastry flour for at least part of the flour. Those two changes do so much to make recipes healthier without compromising taste. I try to reduce fat whenever I can, too, but while I want to eat healthy, I still want to ENJOY what I eat!!!
I seem to give a lot of 4 and 5 star reviews here - I seem to have a pretty good sense of what I like by looking at a recipe before I try it. Thank you to anyone that tries my recipes in return, or photographs them.
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