Cold Recipes for Cold Days
Spicy Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
Cook time: 15 minutes
Total time: 45 minutes
Makes: 3 dozen
These cookies are bursting with cozy flavour! 5 spices blend to create a delicious taste and the cooked raisins are almost candied. And they’re easy! Make these in 5 simple steps. The recipe makes plenty, so you could even freeze half of the dough for a later day and still have lots to munch on in the meantime.
Ingredients: 1 cup of softened butter 1 cup of brown sugar ½ cup of white sugar 2 eggs 1½ cups of flour ½ teaspoon of baking soda ¼ teaspoon of salt 2 teaspoons of cinnamon 1 teaspoon of allspice 1 teaspoon of ginger ¾ teaspoon cloves ½ teaspoon of nutmeg 2½ cups of quick oats 1 cup of raisins
1.Preheat oven to 375℃. Cream thebutter in a bowl until smooth. It’s best if you use a electric hand mixer or stand up mixer
2.Add the brown sugar, white sugar, and eggs to the but ter and beat well. If you have a stand up mixer you can let it mix for a couple of minutes while measuring for the next ingredients.
3. Combine the flour (you can sift if you’re in the mood), baking soda, salt cinnamon, allspice, ginger, cloves, nutmeg, and quick oats. With all of those spices make sure you read the labels and get the correct ones! Add this to the butter mixture if you didn’t just directly put it into it and stir well. Stir in the raisins.
4. Using a greased, lined with parchment, or nonstick baking sheet drop the dough about an inch apart and put in oven for 15 minutes.
5.Once browned on the edges and darker in colour, and fairly firm in the middle, remove from oven and let the cookies cool on the baking sheet for five minutes before transferring to cooling racks to cool fully.
Enjoy! Your taste buds will thank you later.
Chia Seed Energy Bites
Stationary time: 20 minutes
Total time: 30 minutes
Makes: 1 dozen
This has to be the fastest recipe ever created! With five ingredients and only one bowl necessary, you could be snacking in no time. These bites are extremely versatile and you could add or take away to create your own personalized recipe. Bursting with healthy ingredients including chia seeds, you can indulge happily.
Ingredients:
1 cups of oats
2 tablespoons of chia seeds
¼ cup of honey
⅓ cup of peanut
¼ teaspoon of vanilla.
Grab a bowl and wooden spoon because this can all be done by hand!
1.Combine all of the ingredients and add any extras ingredients you desire together until it’s well mixed and sticks together.
2. Put that in the refrigerator for 20 minutes so it’s easier to form the bites, but if you’re crunched on time you could trade that for sticky fingers.
3.Shape the cooled dough into bites, which should be stored in the refrigerator to hold their form better. Now they’re ready to eat for a jumpstart of energy!