WebCover and let it rest for 20 minutes. In a large bowl, cream the butter, white sugar, brown sugar, and vanilla until light and fluffy. Add eggs and beat again. Fold in …
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I like that the oatmeal and raisins are healthy ingredients to add to this treat. I could have called this a sugar free cookie but, it is true that raisins do add a natural sugar to this cookie. The truth is that those one ounce boxes of raisins have about 18 grams of natural sugar in them.
In a large bowl, cream the butter, white sugar, brown sugar, and vanilla until light and fluffy. Add eggs and beat again. Fold in oatmeal. In a medium bowl, whisk flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt. Add to the creamy mixture and stir until just combined.
Oatmeal-raisin cookies give you room to work with when you're trying to reduce carbs. Although you can't omit the two namesake ingredients, oats and raisins, a wealth of refined sugar and starch is in oatmeal-raisin cookies that you can easily trade out for ingredients a little more carb-friendly.
Place the raisins in a small bowl and cover them with water. Let soak for about 15 minutes. Reserve 2 tablespoons of the water and drain the rest. In a large bowl stir together rolled oats, flour, stevia, salt, baking powder, cinnamon, and nutmeg.