One of my favorite recipes surfaces all sorts of good, yummy memories. A batch of Raisin Oatmeal Cookies can cure a glum mood or pull the sad sacks out of the doldrums. They taste like home.
Hold on! These aren't your average Raisin Oatmeal Cookies, mind you. I think I was in college when I realized that most of the world ate Raisin Oatmeal Cookies that were crunchy and spiced with cinnamon.
Those are okay, but the Raisin Oatmeal Cookies from my memory are soft and laced with pure vanilla flavor. The raisins aren't chewy and hard. They are soft and loaded with juicy flavor, plumped before baking to heighten the cookie-savoring experience.
This recipe originally came from a package of Spry. If you don't know what Spry is, ask your mom or gramma. If she's over 50, she'll probably know. Or there's always Wikipedia!
Want some of my favorite cookies? Visit the Hummingbird Highway website, scroll down, tap on the word "cookies" and download the recipe.
What's your comfort cookie?
Joan
Way over 50, never heard of it. Maybe it wasn't in all areas of the country. Something I used to buy in Illinois, no one in Canada, Florida or Tennessee had heard of.
ReplyDeleteMaybe Spry was marketed more heavily in some regions than in others. Anyway, vegetable shortening probably hasn't changed too much, whether you call it Spry, Crisco, or some store brand! I sure does make good cookies!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite comfy cookie: brownies (are those cookies ;o) But these look very comforting too.
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