These Oats and Raisin cookies make the perfect tea time or lunch box treat. Easy to make and quick to bake these cookies are irresistibly delicious.
Besides making a great lunch box snack which I thought was a better idea, my husband decided that this makes a perfect breakfast with a glass of milk. I thought it was a wee bit too sweet for breakfast but he disagreed and ate them first thing in the morning anyway. So whose side are you on with this? Breakfast or lunch box snack? Choose wisely now…wisely meaning me!?
Okay arguments and disagreements aside, lets talk about these little nuggets of deliciousness. The first time that I made this recipe,I kept to the measurements and amounts given in this recipe. BIG BIG MISTAKE…I should have known better with my family and doubled the amounts. Because, we ran out of these cookies in a matter of minutes. So if you have a family like mine, where you can do without storage jars, because nothing EVER gets stored…then I suggest that you double this recipe! But actually this time I was partly to blame for the few baked cookies….I was eating small amounts of the cookie dough while shaping them on the baking sheet. I am not sure how much of raw dough I ate, but it tasted sooooo good it was difficult to stop?. Don’t you just looove eating raw cookie dough and cake batter. DO YOU? Or am I just the crazy one?
This recipe has golden syrup and brown sugar that gives these cookies its sweet taste. The combination of the syrup and brown sugar is responsible for the chewy texture of these cookies. Oh and the raisins also add to the sweetness to some degree. If the stores in your area do not keep golden syrup, a good substitute will be corn syrup. It will taste just as good with this substitution. So you see this little snack is full of different textures from the chewiness to the crunchiness of the oats and desiccated coconut. Really amazing.
So whether you are going to enjoy this as a tea time snack, breakfast or raw cookie dough( though I strongly suggest you bake it first) ?these little delights make a great treat!
Enjoy♥
- 80 g butter or margarine
- 60 ml / ¼ cup golden syrup or corn syrup
- 60 ml / ¼ cup buttermilk or plain yoghurt
- 140 g / 1 cup cake / all purpose flour
- 80 g / 1 cup oats
- 80 g / 1 cup desiccated coconut
- 100 g / brown sugar
- 40 g / ¼ cup raisins
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Preheat the oven to 180 °C.
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Line a baking sheet with baking paper or spray with cooking spray.
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Place the butter or margarine and golden syrup in a saucepan over low heat until the butter has melted and is cool, then mix in the buttermilk or yoghurt.
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Combine the flour, oats, coconut, sugar and raisins together.
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Add the melted butter mixture to the dry ingredients and mix until well combined and a stiff dough forms.
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Shape and flatten with a fork
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Bake for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown.
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Allow to cool and store in an airtight container.
LOVE adding oats and raisins to cookies! The great thing is, I am the only person who likes raisins that I know. Which means more for me!!
Thank you Cathleen, yes that is true that many people do not like raisins but it just tastes so good in these cookies and so true more for you!?
Have a great week!
i think this sounds like an awesome breakfast and lunch box snack! how about both? (; and definitely a raw cookie dough / cake batter / cheesecake batter / etc person too! sometimes it’s helpful in judging if the final product will be good and sometimes it’s just too tempting to pass up (:
Thank you Heather for choosing both, now there is a draw here that makes my husband and me even on the choice.
? Hahaha…sometimes the raw dough is too tempting to pass up and then I end up with a tummy ache from eating too much of it and never learn my lesson!
A dozen on the go please 🙂 They do make a perfect breakfast.
Thank you Angie…but now my husband is cheering because he won the bet, that it makes a better breakfast but I will be a good sport and let him win this time around!?
Mmmmm looks yummy! And I am totally on board for eating these cookies for breakfast! They have oats in them….so it’s like oatmeal! Have a great weekend! Xoxo
Thank you Kelly,But WHYYYYYYY is everyone on my husbands side here.? I think that I am going to give up here and try them for breakfast too…just one!
Have a great week Kelly!
I wouldn’t mind them for breakfast 😀 Or a mid-day snack :)! They sound yummy! I love raisins.. So I think,I would just love them!
Thank you Deepika, my husband seems to be winning the vote that it makes a good breakfast and he is super chuffed about it. But thank you for choosing my idea here as well. ?
Have a great week!
These definitely are little nuggets of deliciousness! Can’t beat a classic oat and raisin cookie! Because they have raisins, they are a health food, right 😉 ? Hehehe! Have a wonderful weekend!
HAHAHA…YES, of course this is a health food Dawn ?. It has raisins AND oats… that is what my husband tells himself when he says that this makes a good breakfast?
Have a great week!
I just have to say no to sugar first thing in the morning :). But I’ll say yes to the cookies any other time of day! Raisins are one of my favorite foods and any cookie made with them is automatically one of my favorites too!
Definitely with you on this Kelsie. No sugar first thing in the morning, although they are great as a snack.
Have a great week!
I want these for snacking! Of course, I if they are in front of my face, I’m going to eat them all day long! 😀 Love!!
Ok you had me at “golden syrup”
– that is amazing stuff. I sometimes make a recipe that includes it just to lick the spoon. These cookies look and sound heavenly! Thanks for the recipe!
I love cookies with oats (my fave) and these would make such a perfect little lunchbox treat!!
This is an awesome breakfast or snack!!! Oatmeal and raisin combo is hard to beat. The addition of coconut totally makes these irresistible, Wish I had a few of these babies in my hand right now:)
I’d love to sneak in a couple for my breakfast too!! ;)They look great!
Since there is oatmeal, I think it the cookie qualifies as breakfast food. Sorry! These cookie look so good, I would eat them morning, noon, and night! I’m loving the addition of desiccated coconuts.
Haha…My husband is super happy now that he won his bet…I have to admit (to you,not him) I have tried few of these for breakfast as well… they are great.,?
I could definitely eat these for breakfast but the responsible part of me says they would be a good snack. Yes, I have to admit I just love to eat dough and batter, sometimes I wonder why even back it, lol. These cookies look so yummy, I can see why you kept snacking. Yum! Take care.