Below is the recipe I used and I noted the changes I made.
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1/2 cup butter flavored shortening ** I used 1/2 cup apple sauce
- 1 cup packed light brown sugar
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour ** I used 1 cup white flour and 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves ** omitted
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3 cups rolled oats
- 1 cup raisins ** 3/4 cup Hershey's Chocolate Chips - not a raisin fan!
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- In a large bowl, cream together the butter, butter flavored shortening, brown sugar, white sugar, eggs, and vanilla until smooth. Combine the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, and salt; stir into the sugar mixture. Stir in the oats and raisins. Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets.
- Bake 10 to 12 minutes until light and golden. Do not overbake. Let them cool for 2 minutes before removing from cookie sheets to cool completely. Store in airtight container.
YUM! These came out excellent. I think I would like them with raisins too.
I only bake bread. My bread machine is me. I would love to bake other things but I have such a terrible time keeping my weight down that I don't dare.
ReplyDeleteA good substitute for sugar is Sweet leaf or known these days as Stevia. It is a natural sweetner unaffected by cooking. I don't think sugar is unhealthy but to much of anything is.
I'll be watching and drooling.
these look yummy!! I will have to make them :D
ReplyDeleteClint is diabetic, so I have tried all the sugar substitutions around. Truvia (made with Stevia) is probably the best, but it's so expensive! We use Splenda on a day to day basis (coffee, tea), but I don't find it bakes very well by itself. I sometimes half the sugar and replace the rest with Splenda.
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