{"id":447,"date":"2013-02-08T18:18:57","date_gmt":"2013-02-08T18:18:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/platelunch.net\/?p=447"},"modified":"2013-07-04T13:09:19","modified_gmt":"2013-07-04T13:09:19","slug":"steves-oatmeal-raisin-cookies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/platelunch.net\/?p=447","title":{"rendered":"Steve&#8217;s Oatmeal Raisin Cookies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_448\" style=\"width: 234px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-448\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-448\" alt=\"Steve's Oatmeal Raisin Cookies\" src=\"http:\/\/platelunch.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/oatmeal-224x300.jpg\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-448\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Steve&#8217;s Oatmeal Raisin Cookies<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This may be my favorite cookie recipe of all time. If you really love oatmeal you will love these. Be prepared to eat too many in a single day. Click <a title=\"Oatmeal Cookies\" href=\"http:\/\/platelunch.net\/recipes\/oatmeal_cookies.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> to download the PDF version.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 300px;\">Ingredients:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2 1\/2 sticks (1 1\/4 cups) unsalted butter, softened<\/li>\n<li>1 1\/4 cups raw sugar (turbinado)<\/li>\n<li>2 eggs<\/li>\n<li>3 tablespoons honey (I use raw, natural, strained honey&#8211;use the honey you like best)<\/li>\n<li>1 1\/2 cups flour<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon salt<\/li>\n<li>2 tablespoons cinnamon<\/li>\n<li>4 cups old fashioned oats (not quick or instant)<\/li>\n<li>1 1\/2 cups pecans, chopped coarsely<\/li>\n<li>1 1\/2 cups raisins<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Method:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Cream butter and raw sugar together in a large mixing bowl.<\/li>\n<li>Add eggs and honey and mix to incorporate.<\/li>\n<li>Sift into this mixture flour, salt and cinnamon then mix again to incorporate.<\/li>\n<li>Add all at once oats, pecans and raisins then mix until completely combined. The dough will be very stiff and rather sticky.<\/li>\n<li>Form into 1 &#8211; 1 1\/2 inch balls and position on a parchment covered cookie sheet.<\/li>\n<li><strong>This is important:<\/strong> These cookies will not melt and form a cookie shape&#8211;you have to shape them yourself. I like my cookies to have uneven edges because they get really crunchy.<\/li>\n<li>Bake at 375\u00b0 for exactly 20 minutes (or 350\u00b0 if using convection)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Let cool completely before eating. If you store these in a cookie jar (recommended) use the crumbs at the bottom of the jar for a little crunch on some ice cream.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This may be my favorite cookie recipe of all time. If you really love oatmeal you will love these. Be prepared to eat too many in a single day. Click here to download the PDF version. Ingredients: 2 1\/2 sticks &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/platelunch.net\/?p=447\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/platelunch.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/platelunch.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/platelunch.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platelunch.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platelunch.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=447"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"https:\/\/platelunch.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":474,"href":"https:\/\/platelunch.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447\/revisions\/474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/platelunch.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platelunch.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platelunch.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}