Ramin-Approved Oatmeal Raisin Cookies!!!

Ingredients:

  1. 1 3/4 cups Whole Wheat Flour (good slow digesting carb)
  2. 1 3/4 cups old fashioned oats (good slow digesting carb)
  3. 3/4 cups softened butter (contrary to popular belief, fat doesn’t make you fat)
  4. 1 cup of raisins 
  5. 1 tsp baking soda
  6. 1 tsp cinnamon (cinnamon lowers the glycemic index of carbs by 20%!)
  7. 1 tsp nutmeg
  8. 2 eggs
  9. 1/4 tsp salt
  10. 1 cup of honey (natural form of sugar, okay in moderation)

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 350 F.
  2. Mix flour, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking soda. Set aside.
  3. To soften butter: bring water to boil in a small pot, turn of the heat, and place the cup of butter into the pot for 5-10 minutes. Cover the cup with a flat plater for faster melting.
  4. Beat eggs, mix in butter.
  5. Add eggs and butter to dry mix (step 2). Mix thoroughly. Butter should not be visible.
  6. Add in honey, oats and raisins. Mix thoroughly.
  7. Sprinkle some whole wheat flour on 2 baking sheets.
  8. Set a bag of flour nearby, scoop up small balls of the dough, pad both sides with flour and place flat onto cooking sheet 2 inches apart.
  9. Cookies will be ready after 15 minutes or until you see slight browning around the edges.
  10. Let cool for 20 minutes.

Makes 30 cookies.