Oatmeal Cookies with Chocolate Covered Raisins
Things I hate:
That cotton at the top of medicine bottles– I Will. Not. Touch. It.
Cottage Cheese– Ew.
Liars– Seriously, so so bad.
Aaaaaaaannnndd….text speak.
Dat.
Rite.
Rilly.
U.
I understand that people do it to save time. Really (rilly) I do. But let’s be real–most of us have smart phones now. It’s not like we’re sitting on our dinosaurs opening our Razr and having to press the 4 twice to get an “h” anymore. How much time does leaving out ONE LETTER really save?
Are people SOOOO busy fighting off villains with swords, meeting the president, and doing brain surgery that they don’t have time for ONE extra letter?
When people text me, “Wat is dat”, do you know what I picture in my mind? That person wearing a bonnet and a bib and a diaper, like a giant adult baby person. I mean, what else does it sound like? Like a smart person wearing fabulous shoes? No. Smart people with fabulous shoes do not say, “Wat is DAT”.
At least, in my brain they do not.
Honestly, I am just hoping that the millesecond it took to leave out that letter is worth sounding illiterate. Like maybe a life was saved, or during that split second, that person cured a disease. Although I doubt it.
Because again–fancy doctors do NOT say, “OMG I no, rite?”
Earlier today, there was a status in my Facebook feed referring to an article asking if the public schools were failing our children. Never one to miss out on potential Facebook Drama, I clicked the comments, knowing there were bound to be some feisty parents sounding off.
“It’s not the school’s fault, It’s the parent’s job to teach rite from rong”
Seriously, I totally read that.
I don’t even know what a rong is, but I do know that is sounds like Dong, as in Long Duck. And my son is too young for Sixteen Candles. So…whatever this “Rong” is, maybe it’s not a good thing for kids?
Anyways.
One thing that IS good for kids (and me…and my belly) is cookies!! Oatmeal cookies have always been one of my very favorites, and a couple of weeks ago, my Nail Lady mentioned making them with chocolate covered raisins instead of regular raisins.
WHAT?!?! (WAT????)
Genius.
These cookies are perfectly amazing. Rilly!!Oatmeal Cookies with Chocolate Covered Raisins
**adapted from Cook’s Illustrated
INGREDIENTS
- 1 1/4 cups flour
- 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 cup old-fashioned oats
- 1 1/2 cups milk chocolate covered raisins (If you’re using the movie theater size boxes of Raisinettes, you’ll need 3 boxes)
- 1 cup milk chocolate chips
- 12 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 1/2 cups brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Preheat oven to 350. Spray baking sheets with nonstick spray or line with parchment paper.
2. In a medium sized bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. In another medium bowl, combine oats, chocolate covered raisins and chocolate chips. In the bowl of a mixer, beat butter and brown sugar on medium speed for about a minute or until smooth. Add egg and vanilla and beat on low until combined. Scrape down the sides of the bowl, and while beating on low, slowly add flour mixture until just combined. While still running on low, slowly add oat and candy mixture. Once it is evenly combined, give it a good stir with a wooden spoon to make sure you get any candy or oats that sunk to the bottom of the bowl.
3. Scoop dough out by 1/4 cup fulls and roll into a ball. Place on prepared baking sheet and flatten slightly with your hand (to about 1/2 inch or so). Bake for 15-20 minutes or until edges are golden and set, but center doesn’t look quite done. Allow to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to cooling rack.
Makes about 2 dozen large cookies
Enjoy and have a happy Thursday!!
Thanks for visiting my blog! I realize you could be doing more important things with your time. Like watching the news or washing socks. I hope you stay awhile. Much more fun than socks, I promise. 
I’ve also used chocolate covered raisins (and craisins) for oatmeal cookies, so wonderfully delicious! Tru dat! ;) I am going to try your recipe tomorrow, thank you for sharing. And I agree, send a normal message, spell out your words and use spell check for everything else.
What a GREAT post!!! I can’t stand all text speak!!
YES!!!!!!!!!! Finally!!! The recipe is genius, first and foremost. Second, I cannot tell you how many times I’ve fought the urge to delete contacts just because they cannot, or refuse to use proper grammar. Biological family included. I am sharing this and will continue to do so until people tell me they will un-friend me or the offenders finally say “enough already, we get it!” Thank you!! :)
Uhh brilliant! I’m going to the store tomorrow for Raisinettes!
I don’t even like raisins in my cookies. I saw this post and for a SPLIT second I was tempted to overlook it knowing I wouldn’t want to make these, but I just couldn’t. I had to read your post, knowing that it would make me laugh. And did it ever?! So true!! You seriously need to write a book! You hit the nail on the head…every time and you make us all laugh while you do it!
Never in a million years would I have thought to put Raisinettes in oatmeal cookies. I salute your brilliance! As for the whole spelling shortcut texting thing – I work as a medical transcriptionist and spelling is über important. It drives me crazy to see the texting shortcuts. Well, bad spelling in general…. I’m a bit of a freak about correcting words spelled wrong. Maybe we could reward good spellers with these amazing cookies!
You don’t like cottage cheese? What? :) LOVE the cookies!
Sigh. I know. Can we still be Valentines?
these look great! Funny that I just posted a pic of my oatmeal raisin cookies on my instragram feed today. And am editing pics of more oatmeal cookies…and now I see these. I need them! :)
You are officially my favorite person. Long Duck Dong. ( : I am still laughing out loud and appreciate any 80′s movie reference. Keeps me feeling young and happy. Whenever anyone gets all deer in the headlights when I mention such things, I just walk away before things get ugly. 80′s pop culture knowledge is, like, a total prerequisite for friendship.
And for the record (because I am just so sure it matters) my biggest pet peeve text speak is “prolly”. What the heck is that? Thank the heavens above that no one I text with uses anything worse than lol, OMG and (also irritating) K.
Thank you for helping me sustain my obstinate anti-resolution stance with a brilliant cookie recipe. Can’t wait to make these!
OMG u r so fun-e. ;) Seriously, though, I couldn’t agree with you more. And, every time I read your posts I laugh out loud. :)
May I say how much I am enjoying your posts and your ideas. I love a fellow spunky chick and baker ;) I must try these with the raisins from my fave candy store. I bet they will ROCK!!
No more yanky my wanky, the Dong-a need COOKIES!!!! As always, thanks for the laughs and recipes. I think you’re my cyberspace BFF.
You had me at Raisinettes! What a fun idea to add to cookies. Absolutely genius. Wishing you a blessed and fun 2012 and looking forward to more of your recipes/posts.
I too refuse to touch that nasty cotton stuff. I mean, let’s be real…it’s probs just a cotton ball. But it is SO GROSS FEELING.
Also this post made me laugh out loud, while I’m sitting by myself, in my apartment. Like a crazy person.
Fabulous post and your cookies look awesome. I’ll have to make them for my raisinette loving brother!
genius. I tend to not particularly care for oatmeal raisin cookies personally. Raisins always freaked me out a little, to be honest. They’re like little wrinkly old men. I’m not even sure why I have that image in my head, but I do. and always have. However. my mother loves them. They might be her favorite cookies ever. and my grandmother used to make them for her when she was a kid. I think this time of year has her really down because it’s our first holiday season without my gran, and my mom is seriously amazing so I think I’ll be making these for her.
Also, illiteracy kills me. I hate it. I can’t bring myself to ever take someone who text speaks seriously. Ever. my mom is the only one who does it to me who I will reply to. But you know, she’s my mom, so I kind of have to forgive her. The whole hours of labor thing trumps any other complaint ever.
I have a 12 year old cousin who I am friends with on facebook and I seriously cannot understand a word of her status updates. She seems to have a strong aversion to vowels. The youth of today…
Seriously though, the idea of chocolate covered raisins in cookies is GENIUS. I can’t believe I haven’t seen it before but it sounds amazing.
I am starting a two week boot camp regimen of exercise so I can make, and eat these.
Oh, and I made a little custom linkie for this post, should anyone wish to share it: http://bit.ly/OatChocRais
It’s not text speak; I promise it isn’t.
Reading one of your blog posts early in the morning just starts the day off with a smile. And, I am so not a morning person. Thank you! :)
Bahahaha loved this: “but I do know that is sounds like Dong, as in Long Duck. ” “U” and “K” don’t bother me at all, but really, like you say ONE letter is not going to save time but you will sound so much more literate if you can just say right instead of rite!! Or rilly… UGH! I am super sick of seeing the terrible grammar and spelling out there also. Loose means not tight, it does not mean lose!! Maybe if you are loosing weight, you are letting it loose… setting it free? Oh, and I don’t even like raisins, but chocolate-covered in oatmeal cookies = brilliant.
This is one of my fave posts ever, and I am totally not a fan of either raisins (even covered in chocolate) or oatmeal. I am cracking up in the bed at 6:45 am. Not many people can do that! So thank u once again for brightening my day! :)
sigh. I really wish we were neighbors. You make me laugh everyday and I am definitely making these cookies.
I too feel your pain. I have two huge offenders on my facebook newsfeed and reading their posts makes me crazy. I would love to get out a red pen and start fixing the mistakes (I’m not a grammar expert but I looked like a scholar compared to some people). It often makes me wonder how you could have a degree in office management and not be able to spell some of the simplest words? Prolly drives me absolutely insane followed by cot, wat, rite and so many others.
Anyway, I typically despise raisins in cookies but one of my all time favorite candies are raisinettes, so I may have to try them.
It’s like you’re in my mind. How do you do that? ; )
OMG! Lk, ur so kewl, lol. nom nom nom
OK…I’m scaring myself. And I feel like I just lost 50 IQ points. Thank you for this post…and these cookies. Totally genius!
TTYL. ;)
Kewl. Why do people do KEWL?? I don’t even understand…it has the SAME number of letters!!! So confusing.
Nom Nom Nom (I shuddered typing that…)
Love you, B!!
First let me clarify: WHO DAT is perfectly acceptable.
Second what does nom nom nom mean? I see it and I think it has something to do with eating?
My mom always made oatmeal cookies w/ raisinettes because she didn’t like plain raisins :O)
haha totally agree about the text speak. It annoys me as well. Great idea with the chocolate covered raisins! I hate plain raisins but anything covered in chocolate is tolerable :)
Worst thing ever…..when the text speak is coming from your mother! There have been several occasions when I had to call her are ask her what her text meant because I had no idea! And at one point she actually said out loud in a conversation L-O-L….I about slapped her, with love of course. We had to have a conversation about old ladies, trying to sound cool by speaking text….it was a proud moment in my life. But she is my mom…gotta love her =)
These look SO good! I can’t wait to make these. I love oatmeal raisin cookies and using chocolate covered raisins? YES PLEASE!
I usually get very upset about raisins in cookies, but chocolate covered raisins could be an exception!
My biggest pet peeve is text speak! I will forgive a wrong word from Auto-Correct over LOL, OMG, dat, 4ever and 2morrow. I always type out full words and my Mr. does the same. I’d make fun of him endlessly if he didn’t own up to the fact that he can type like a proper person. I’ll tell my kids to stop acting stupid if they ever text me with fake words like “rong” and “rite”. I will. It’s one thing to not know any better, it’s completely another thing to type stupid on purpose.
Thanks for the soap box today…and the cookies look amazing.
So, yeah. I saw your recipe on Pinterest today, and wow. I must say you are hilarious. You got the bookmark, my friend. Thanks for making me laugh today :)
FINALLY!!!!!!!!!! I totally agree. I do write LOL a good bit and a ILY when my kids text me ILY, but I draw the line there. I mean kids don’t learn how to properly spell words because they are constantly texting in text talk.
l8tr
skool
rly
I mean most phones will even spell the word for you! Laziness is what it is. They can text faster without the extra letters. They sound like idiots…..and please don’t get me started on calculator use in schools. We’re raising a generation who can’t spell or do basic math. We are hindering our children.
OMG …….I sound old….like my mother! Oh well, I will sound old, and intelligent.
Love the Long Duck Dong. You always make me giggle and your cookies look delicious.
I am totally with you. I can’t stand text speak. My friends call me old school, but I refuse to type “U” and “UR”. A college professor friend of mine says his students are starting to use text speak in the papers they hand in and don’t understand why he gets pissed and asks them to re-write it.
And those cookies…oh my! Thick, chewy and full of chocolate. U R my BFF. ;)
Using chocolate covered raisins IS genius!
Also, if it makes you feel any better… my friend hates cotton balls too. Like, if you even mention them around her she freaks out.
You just said aloud EXACTLY everything that has been going through my mind. I think text-speak is just pure laziness. I will tell you another thing: I know people that type LOL after every facebook status post. The idea that people are walking around Laughing Out Loud after every sentence that spills out of their mouths is ridiculous! It’s the dumbing down of society.
These sound brilliant! And another great post, as usual.
I can’t STAND text-speak. And it’s even worse when people start using it to talk in person. “Like, OMG! I totally LOLed!”
I actually saw someone spell “LOL” wrong once. (Or is that rong?) It was a new lowpoint for me.
Text speak makes me crazy! Crazy! I have a 15 year old daughter who hates misspelled words in texts – makes me so proud!
I have always wanted to try a cookie with chocolate covered raisins. These look great!
Great blog, so glad I found you!
This cracked me up. So did the memory it evoked of my sister sucking the chocolate off of Raisenettes and spitting the raisins into a bowl. We worked at a church camp and were at the mercy of the food bank for snacks. Raisenettes = boo but these cookies seem like they = yay!
Now that is a raisin cookie I could eat. I need some chocolate in my cookies. Great post!
Just made these wonderful cookies for my family and my mother stated that this may have been the best cookie she has ever tasted! Straight from the horses’ mouth, this recipe was a success! Thanks a million! Great post/website, have had so much fun browsing through all day :)
Haha maybe your text senders are just very intelligent and showing off their language skills.
‘Wat is dat’ means what is that,in Dutch :)
Text speak drives me crazy – my dad is even guilty of this one. The one I hate the most? “K” – it drives me insane! I do however LOVE these cookies – pretty darn genius for sure!
For some reason, when I get a “K” reply, I feel like they are mad at me. I guess I require too many words or letters.
I love all your wonderful ideas… and thanks for making me laugh everyday! I’ve been reading back through some of your old posts lately and I keep cracking up (outloud) in inappropriate places… around people that I don’t want to explain why I’m laughing to. I’ve had to make my husband read your posts too so that he doesn’t think I am mental for laughing for no reason. Thanks for being you and brightening up my days!
Why haven’t more people commented on the use of the Sixteen Candles reference? I fit “Long Duck Dong” into every possible place I can in my daily life and no one ever appreciates it. NO. ONE. Well done!
I really have to try this, I just got a huge container of chocolate covered raisins from Costco…you know those huge triple dipped ones with the wonderful not even waxy chocolate that is to die for? Do you think that is over kill? THanks for the Idea!
Do you hear me cracking up here? ‘Cause I totally am.
Also, cottage cheese = disgusting.
OH MY GOODNESS GRACIOUS — I could not possibly agree more. I think I’m a high maintenance texter. I need actual words with real letters and everything. And when people use it in an email? Unforgivable.
But chocolate covered raisins in oatmeal cookies? Shhh…don’t tell my husband. I am going to surprise him with his two favorite things mixed all together in one. Brilliant idea!
Can’t wait to make these – my husband hates raisins, so they will be all MINE!
Text speech & shortened words bug the crap out of me, too. The ones who really get on my last nerve are those people who have failed to figure out that “your” & “you’re” DO NOT MEAN THE SAME THING!!! And while we’re at it, to/too/two aren’t interchangeable either! I resist the urge to enhance others’ understanding of the English language on a daily basis…
I am ashamed. I do the ur thing =( Sad girl…maybe cookies will ease my embarrassment!
Srsly. No really, drives me INSANE (but my use of all caps at times probably drives me insane as well). Worst one? When people use “nite” instead of night–UGH. Also, tonite instead of tonight, umm do you not see that red squiggly line, that means it’s WRONG. And like you pointed out, it’s ONE more letter, you aren’t saving any time! And I’m totally with you on the cottage cheese, gross, with me it’s a texture issue.
I am now starting to receive work e-mails in text-speak! I am seriously going to loose my mind over it! Nice to know that I am not alone in it being a huge pet peeve.
Love the blog, just started following
I just found your blog a few days ago and you are hilarious! I love reading your blog. This post was especially funny!
OMG!!!! Lk, nontxt ppl unite!!!!! (I think I just lost some IQ points… Eeeek!!!!!!)
This recipe is genius, by the way. :-) Thanks for sharing!!!