Kubiertos

Don’t you just love cookies? I do. I especially love those big crisp ones or those moist crinkles that are simply to die for. I love cookies so much that I always ensure there are store-bought ones available at home for anytime my kids and I feel like munching on one.

You would think that for someone like myself who loves cookies like I love cake would be constantly making them. Unfortunately, I am intimidated by the thought of baking cookies. I tried several times before and have only been slightly successful. My cookies would turn out ok. Not awesome, just ok. Most of the time not even ok. More like burnt. There were other times my dough would even turn out runny that you can imagine what the end result was.

When I first tried my friend’s oatmeal cookies (burnt ones, hehe), I couldn’t stop munching on them. Because my pregnancy made me crave for favorites much more than usual, I figured I must learn how to make them in order to satisfy my constant yearning to sink my teeth into one. I had to conquer my hesitation and frustration on baking cookies. So I decided to go ahead and beat my record of failed burnt cookies. I got myself a copy of 3 oatmeal cookie recipes and did a mix and match of all 3 to come up with my own mix. And voila, the result were cookies even my husband actually appreciated.

Watch how these beautiful batch of cookie batter come out as crisp and tasty oatmeal raisin cookies. Try them using the very simple recipe I would like to share, and feel like a success as I myself did after smelling the first batch come out of the oven. Hmmm. Yum.

Ingredients:
1 cup flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
3/4 tsp baking powder
1 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup butter
1 cup sugar
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1 large egg
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 1/2 cup oats
1/2 cup raisins

Procedures:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease 2 cookie sheets or line with waxed paper.

Beat butter until creamy. Add in sugars and beat until fluffy, for about 3 minutes. Beat in eggs. Add in the vanilla and set aside.

In a separate bowl, mix flour, salt, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon. Stir in dry ingredients to the butter mixture and mix well. Stir in raisins then mix in oats.

Spoon out the dough into the cookie sheet leaving enough space for them to spread out. Bake for about 12-15 minutes or until the edges turn brown.

I love to eat it slightly warm but the crisp will come after the cookies have been cooled and stored. Enjoy!