Revisiting the Quaker Oats Vanishing Oatmeal Raisin Cookies Recipe

Make this.

No, Seriously, Make this recipe.

If you like Oatmeal Raisin cookies, you will love this.

The back story is that I'm stupidly active.  As in my weekly Marathon on the Bike has become the "norm" and I'm just getting to the point where I am considering doing more days instead of more hours of cardio.  Maybe two days on skates, two on bike.

Don't know.  Gotta think this through.

Every hour I take a water stop.  A break.  I sit on the bumper of the Jeep at the park and have a cookie and a water bottle.  Ice water in the vacuum bottle is easy.

But I burn through the calories as fast as I do the cookies. 

So, we need to keep carbs on hand.  We have all heard of "Hitting The Wall".  This is where an athlete simply runs out of fuel, blood sugar, and is done.  My own way around this is to do an hour, about 1000 calories burned, and stop for a cookie.  They are 100 calories and a quick hit of carbs to build my blood sugar back for more training.

Repeat as necessary.  I do at another 45 minutes. 

A Cookie is 105 calories per 30 grams of uncooked dough or 100 calories to the ounce.

Ingredients:

• 1/2 Pound (227 Grams) Softened Unsalted Butter, Salted Butter, or Margarine.
• 1 Cup (220 Grams) Firmly Packed Brown Sugar
• 1/2 Cup (100 Grams) Granulated or White Sugar
• 2 Large Eggs
• 1 teaspoon (5ml) Real Vanilla Extract
• 1 1/2 Cups (204 Grams) All Purpose Flour
• 1 teaspoon (5ml) Baking Soda
• 1 teaspoon (5ml) Cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon (2ml) Salt - Optional
• 3 Cups (255 Grams) Rolled Oats or Quick Oats.
• 1 Cup (240 ml - by volume) Firmly Packed Raisins

Process:

1. Preheat oven to 350F - 180C - Gas Mark 4 - Moderate  (source for conversion)
2. Beat Together Butter and Sugars well until creamy
3. Add Eggs and Vanilla and beat well
4. Add combined Flour, Baking Soda, Cinnamon, and Salt, Mix well
5. Stir in Oats and Raisins, Mix Well
6. Drop by Rounded Tablespoons onto ungreased cookie sheet.
7. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until golden brown (It took me 12 to 14)
8. Cool 1 minute on cookie sheet then remove to wire rack
9. Makes about 4 dozen