Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
I need food. I think I’ve never been this hungry in my life.
The first few days of the yoga teacher training have been really fun, but I hadn’t foreseen the need for calories to sustain three hours of practice and four hours of lecture every day. By 2 pm today I had eaten my way through all the fruit and snacks that were supposed to last me until dinner. I’m determined to prevent this from happening tomorrow.
When I came home I pulled out some of my cookbooks to see if I could find a recipe for home-made energy bars, but instead I came across the Sivananda Cookies in The Yoga Cookbook
I feel prepared for whatever may happen tomorrow!
Oatmeal Raising Cookies
Adapted from The Yoga Cookbook: Vegetarian Food for Body and Mind
3 cups rolled oats (not instant oats)
3/4 cup whole wheat flour
3/4 cup dark brown sugar
1 heaped tsp cinnamon
1 heaped tsp ground ginger
1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/3 cup raisins
1/3 cup chopped dried apricots
1/3 cup chopped almonds
3/4 cup canola oil
3/4 cup water
- Mix all the dry ingredients thoroughly. Add the water and oil and stir until it forms a loose dough. If it still seems dry add a little more water.
- Form golf ball size lumps of dough, place them on two lined cookie sheets, and flatten slightly.
- Bake for about 15 minutes until golden and crisp at the edges. (Cooking time will vary depending on the size. I made a couple of really big ones to pack for lunch that I had to bake for 20 minutes.)
Wow, this is exactly the kind of cookie recipe I’ve been looking for since I found out I was allergic to eggs. Can’t wait to try it.
-Seema
I think next time I’ll bake them a little longer to get them more crisp, almost like a very big granola cluster. The cookies were a bit soggy the next day, but I think baking them a little longer would take care of that. Like most cookies these were really good warm
I don’t know if “oatmeal raising cookies” was deliberate or a typo, but I’ve been having fun playing with the images that the phrase brings to mind (imagining an oatmeal cookie as hot air balloon, for instance). So, thanks for the recipe, and thanks for the wordplay (whether intended or not).
Hi Lexica! No, unfortunately this is not a deliberate play on words, but I a good old typo. But I’m glad it caused some amusement, so I’ve decided to leave it in there!