Baking Activity - Soft Oatmeal Raisin Delights

Yesterday the children had practice being bakers and using their listening skills. Isata brought in a recipe for Soft Oatmeal Raisin Delights and asked if we could make them. We made a list of the ingredients and checked to see what we had in the school. A small group of children went to Sun Valley to get the rest of the ingredients. In the morning the children took turns measuring ingredients, mixing the batter and following the directions that I read out. We put them in the oven and had a tasty treat in the afternoon. Twenty out of twenty-two children loved the cookies. We had one cookie each, 1/2 cookie for seconds and even 1/4 cookie for those that wanted thirds. If that's not the sign of a delicious cookie I'm not sure what is!

Soft Oatmeal Raisin Delights

Preparation Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 45 minutes

Makes: 4-5 dozen cookies

Ingredients

1 cup - Unbleached all purpose flour

1 ½ tsp - Baking powder

1 tsp - Ground cinnamon

½ tsp - Baking soda

1/3 cup - Light brown sugar

½ tsp - Ground nutmeg

¼ tsp - Ground cloves

½ cup - Butter, softened

1 Large egg

2 tbsp - Fancy molasses

1 1/3 cups - Unsweetened applesauce

1 ¾ cups - Large flake or quick cooking oats

1 cup - Rasins

¾ cup - Toasted almonds (optional)

1 ½ tsp - Vanilla

Directions

1. In bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda, nutmeg and cloves; set aside.

2. In a large bowl, beat butter and sugar until fluffy.

3. Beat in egg and molasses until combined.

4. Alternate adding the flour mixture and applesauce into the butter mixture (add 3 parts flour and then 2 parts applesauce).

5. Stir in oats, raisins, almonds, if using and vanilla.

6. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Drop batter by tablespoonfuls (15 mL) onto baking sheet.

7. Bake in 375°F (190°C) oven for 12 to 15 minutes or until golden brown and firm to the touch.

Tip #1: If you don’t have cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves you can substitute 1 ½ tsp (7 mL) of pumpkin pie spice. If you don’t want to use nutmeg and cloves increase the cinnamon to 1 ½ tsp (7 mL).

Tip #2: If you don’t have molasses simply increase the brown sugar to ½ cup (125 mL).

Nutrition information per cookie: Calories: 62, Protein: 1 g, Fat: 2 g, Carbohydrate: 10 g, Fibre: 1 g, Sodium: 39 mg

If you have some time and all the ingredients try making these cookies.
Enjoy the long weekend with your family.
See you on Tuesday.

Cheers,

Mr. Pate