Reduced-Fat Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

Name: Reduced-Fat Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
Yield: Makes 20 cookies
Ingredients: 1 cup, raisins (1/2 cup chopped fine, 1/2 cup left whole); 3/4 cup, water; 6 tablespoons, unsalted butter; 1 3/4 cups, old-fashioned oats; 1 1/2 teaspoons, ground cinnamon; 1 cup (5 ounces), all-purpose flour; 1/4 teaspoon, baking powder; 1/4 teaspoon, baking soda; 1/2 teaspoon, salt; 1 1/2 cups packed (10½ ounces), light brown sugar; 1 large, egg; 2 teaspoons, vanilla extract

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Appears in Cook's Country February/March 2009

Desserts or Baked Goods

Light

Toasted oats give these reduced-fat oatmeal cookies rich flavor.

SERVESMakes 20 cookies

TIME1¼ hours

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Wanting more flavor in our Reduced-Fat Oatmeal Raisin Cookies, we toasted the oats in just 6 tablespoons of butter to intensify their nuttiness. This also kept the oats from getting tough. We reduced the amount of sugar to cut more calories...

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