High Altitude Oatmeal Raisin Cookies Recipes

Steps:

• Pan preparation:
• Line the cookie sheets with baking parchment or nonstick mats or coat with butter or nonstick vegetable spray.
• Cookies:
• Divide oven into thirds and preheat to 350°F.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon.
• In a large bowl, using a sturdy spoon, or in the bowl of an electric mixer, preferably with a paddle attachment, beat the butter until soft and creamy, then beat in both sugars. Scrape down the bowl and beater, if using, and beat until smooth. Beat in the eggs and vanilla and scrape down the bowl again.
• Stirring slowly, or with the mixer on the lowest speed, gradually work in the flour mixture, then the oats and raisins. The dough will feel very stiff. (You can make the dough ahead, cover, and refrigerate for several hours.)
• Drop the dough onto the prepared cookie sheets by the heaping tablespoon, placing the cookies about 2 inches apart. Bake 12 to 16 minutes (or for the time indicated for your altitude in the chart), or until the cookies are golden brown; the longer they bake, the crisper they will be.
• Cool the cookies on a wire rack. If the cookies were baked on parchment or a baking mat, simply slide it off the cookie sheet onto the wire rack to cool. When the cookies are completely cool, store them in an airtight container.
• Cooks' Note
• If you are baking the cookies at high altitude, follow the adjustments below.
• If baking at 3,000 feet:
• Decrease granulated sugar to ¾ cup. Bake on the center rack of your oven at 350°F for 12-13 minutes.
• If baking at 5,000 feet:
• Increase flour to 1½ cups plus 1½ tablespoons. Decrease baking soda to a generous ¼ teaspoon. Increase salt to a generous 1 teaspoon. Decrease granulated sugar to ¾ cup. Increase vanilla extract to 1½ teaspoons. Bake on the center rack of your oven at 350°F for 13-15 minutes.
• If baking at 7,000 feet:
• Increase flour to 1½ cups plus 1 tablespoon. Decrease baking soda to ¼ teaspoon. Increase salt to a generous 1 teaspoon. Decrease granulated sugar to ¾ cup. Increase vanilla extract to 1½ teaspoons. Bake on the center rack of your oven at 350°F for 10-12 minutes.
• If baking at 10,000 feet:
• Increase flour to 1½ cups plus 2 tablespoons. Decrease baking soda to ¼ teaspoon. Decrease salt to a ¾ teaspoon. Decrease granulated sugar to ¾ cup plus 2 tablespoons. Increase vanilla extract to 2 teaspoons. Bake on the center rack of your oven at 350°F for 12-15 minutes.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
• In large bowl, beat butter and sugars on medium speed of electric mixer until creamy. Add eggs and vanilla; beat well.
• Add combined flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt; mix well.
• Add oats and raisins; mix well.
• Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets.
• Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until light golden brown.
• Cool 1 minute on cookie sheets; remove to wire rack. Cool completely. Store tightly covered.

Steps:

• Prepare chia gel in advance by swishing chia seeds with 1/2 cup water and allowing to sit in a covered Mason jar for a minimum of 15 minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease 2 large cookie sheets, or line with parchment paper.
• Beat butter with an electric mixer in a large bowl until creamy. Add brown sugar and stevia and beat until fluffy, 2 to 5 minutes. Beat in chia gel, egg, 3 tablespoons water, ground flax, and vanilla extract.
• Stir whole wheat flour, almond flour, protein powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cardamom together in a separate bowl. Set mixer on low speed and mix dry mixture into the wet ingredients. Stir in oats, raisins, and walnuts.
• Spoon out dough by large tablespoonfuls onto the prepared cookie sheets, leaving at least 2 inches between cookies.
• Bake in the preheated oven until cookie edges brown, about 15 minutes. Centers will be soft, but they'll firm up as the cookies cool. Cool on a wire rack.