Mrs. Braun's Oateal Cookies - Real Sweet

Mrs. Braun's Oatmeal Cookies                                                                               ~ Neetu Buttar

I am going to be going through the process of some delicious homemade oatmeal cookies that you are absolutely going to love. "If you're looking for a homemade treat that will make you the queen of the playground set or something wholesome to stash in your bag for those midday slumps, look no further" (Sever 63). I chose to continue making cookies in my blog because they are something that everyone would love, as there are endless combinations to what you can make your cookie look like and or taste like.

Starting off, you are going to need some ingredients to make these oatmeal cookies:

• old-fashioned rolled oats; 1 & 1/2c.
• raisins; 1/2c.
• whole wheat pastry flour; 2/3 c.
• baking soda; 1/2 tsp.
• fine sea salt; 1/2 tsp.
• ground cinnamon; 1/2 tsp.
• unsalted butter; 1/2 c.
• sugar; 3/4 c.
• large egg yolks; 2
• large whole egg; 1
• pure vanilla extract; 1 tsp.               (Sever 63).

Now I am going to go over the steps to create these magnificent cookies. " Use the volume of raisins as your guide for swapping in amount of other, similar ingredients" (Sever 63). So if you aren't a big fan of raisins like me, just swap the raisins for chocolate chips, or you could do a little bit of both.

1. Whisk the oats, flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon together in a medium sized bowl.
2. Beat together the butter, sugar, egg yolks, egg and vanilla extract until fluffy in an electric mixer and stir in raisins (or chocolate chips).
3. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
4. Scoop the cookies with a small ice cream scoop onto the baking sheets.
5. Bake until deeply golden but still soft in the centers (15 minutes).

End Result:

Overall, I think that these oatmeal cookies turned out wonderful and delicious. They were indeed very soft but I think that the one thing I would've changed would be to make the cookie a little bit  sweeter, so maybe adding a bit more sugar in the recipe, but that's just my opinion. I also think that I would've baked it on a lower temperature so everything would be even through out the cookie.

Question: What would you switch out for the raisins and or what would you change about the cookie?

• Sever, Shauna, and Leigh Beisch. Real Sweet: More than 80 Crave-   worthy Treats Made with Natural Sugars. New York: William Morrow, 2015. Print.