{"id":397,"date":"2010-02-09T17:28:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-09T17:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anjaschwerin.com\/food\/?p=397"},"modified":"2016-03-17T17:59:47","modified_gmt":"2016-03-17T17:59:47","slug":"orange-raisin-oatmeal-cookies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anjaschwerin.com\/food\/02\/orange-raisin-oatmeal-cookies\/","title":{"rendered":"Orange Raisin Oatmeal Cookies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anjaschwerin.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/OrangeRaisinCookies3.jpg?ssl=1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anjaschwerin.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/OrangeRaisinCookies3.jpg?resize=261%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"261\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>I have been in love with orange peel and lemon peel for quite some time. Any recipe that contains either ingredient has got my immediate attention. Both have such authentic, strong and fresh flavor &#8211; I love their boldness and I often use double the amounts than stated in the recipe.<br \/>This cookie has become a regular in our house, after I started adding the orange peel. It&#8217;s not an overtly sweet cookie. Little agave syrup, mashed banana and raisins provide most of it. In my opinion, it doesn&#8217;t need more as the orange flavor does all the work. If you like it sweeter, do it with the icing. Walnuts give them a crunch. To me, this cookie fall in the category &#8220;No-Guilt&#8221; and &#8220;Extremely Yummy&#8221;.<br \/><b>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/b><\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #eeeeee;\"><b>ORANGE RAISIN OATMEAL COOKIES<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #eeeeee;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #eeeeee;\">3\/4 cups whole wheat pastry flour<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #eeeeee;\">3\/4 cup rolled oats (quick-cooking)<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #eeeeee;\">1\/2 teaspoon salt<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #eeeeee;\">1\/4 teaspoon baking soda<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #eeeeee;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #eeeeee;\">1\/3 cup butter, softened<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #eeeeee;\">1\/3 cup agave syrup<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #eeeeee;\">1 egg<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #eeeeee;\">1 orange, peel of <\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #eeeeee;\">1 large ripe banana, mashed<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #eeeeee;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #eeeeee;\">1\/4 cup walnut, chopped<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #eeeeee;\">3\/4 cup raisins<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #eeeeee;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #eeeeee;\"><b>Orange Sugar Frosting (Optional)<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #eeeeee;\">100g icing sugar<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #eeeeee;\">3 tablespoon of fresh orange juice<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #eeeeee;\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #eeeeee;\">Yields ca. 20 <\/span><br \/>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<br \/>Preheat oven to 180C. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.<\/p>\n<p>Combine all dry ingredients in a bowl. Mix well. In another bowl, cream together butter, agave and orange peel. beat in the egg. Add mashed banana and stir until all is well combined. Stir in walnuts and raisins. Combine flour mixture and wet ingredients and mix well. Form 1-inch balls out of the dough, then press the ball between the palm of your hands to form a disc. Place on baking sheet and bake for 10-12 minutes. Let cookies cool on a wire rack.<br \/>In the meantime, prepare the frosting. Stir in 3 tablespoons of orange juice into the icing sugar. Coat the tops of the cookies with the frosting. Let stand until frosting becomes solid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have been in love with orange peel and lemon peel for quite some time. Any recipe that contains either ingredient has got my immediate attention. Both have such authentic, strong and fresh<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/anjaschwerin.com\/food\/02\/orange-raisin-oatmeal-cookies\/\">Read More<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1060,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["entry","author-Anja","post-397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","category-cookies"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8TjFz-6p","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":390,"url":"https:\/\/anjaschwerin.com\/food\/02\/arabian-nights-cookies\/","url_meta":{"origin":397,"position":0},"title":"Arabian Nights Cookies","author":"Anja","date":"February 27, 2010","format":"image","excerpt":"I was about to post a bean stew recipe tonight. 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