Oat and Raisin Cookies
These classic biscuits are light and crisp with a lovely, rich sweetness from the raisins, counterbalanced perfectly by the deep, earthy flavour of the oats.
Ingredients
- 90g brown sugar
- 100g caster sugar
- 110g unsalted butter
- 170g plain flour
- 150g rolled oats
- 130g raisins
- 1 egg
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- 5g baking powder
- 5g salt
Preparation Time: 25 minutes
Cooking Time: 15 minutes
Serves: We made 37 biscuits
Method
- Heat the oven to 170°c.
- Put the brown sugar, caster sugar and butter into a mixing bowl and whisk them together until it has become smooth.
- Add all the rest of the ingredients into the bowl with the butter and sugar mixture.
- Mix everything together so that it is all evenly distributed. Then shape it into a ball with your hands.
- Lightly flour your work surface and then roll out the ball of cookie dough to a thickness of about 4mm.
- Using a cookie cutter, cut out the cookies and put them onto a non-stick baking tray (or one lined with greaseproof paper or, as we did, use an oven-proof non-stick mat).
- Put the cookies into the 170°c oven and bake them for 15 minutes.
- When they are cooked, remove them from the oven and leave them to cool on the baking tray for 3 minutes or so before putting them on a wire rack and allow them to cool to room temperature.
- And serve.
Useful Information
Can it be frozen? Yes, the raw cookie dough can be frozen before rolling it out (stage 4).
Can it be prepared in advance? Yes, they can be finished up to 7 days in advance.
Will leftovers be nice? Yes, for about 7 days if kept in an air-tight container.