I don't think I realized just how polarizing raisins in cookies were until I made a batch of oatmeal raisin cookies recently and shared photos on social media. Responses ran the gamut from... It's okay to have these for breakfast since it's just oatmeal and raisin in a different format, right? These are my favorite! I highly recommend replacing raisins with chocolate chips. Makes them about 1 million times better. My boys hate raisins so I make oatmeal chocolate chip. And, in response to the comment above, Thank you for being the voice of reason in all of this raisin nonsense! I fall somewhere in between there. I wouldn't say they are my favorite - gingerbread holds that honor! - but I don't despise raisins. I did share another recipe that included oatmeal, tea, and chocolate: Warrior Herb Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies . But of the three cookie eaters in my house, these were adored. Ingredients makes approximately three dozen 2" cookies 1 cup (2 sticks) but...
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