This is the oatmeal raisin cookie for haters of oatmeal raisin cookies. For those who see an oatmeal raisin cookie from a distance, think it’s chocolate chip, and react with disgust and disappointment when upon closer inspection, or (even worse) after taking an unsuspecting bite, the reality sets in. My husband is one of these haters. My brothers are also of the same school of thought. But once they tried these chewy golden beauties, the disappointment melted into delight.
I somewhat understand the problem. Oatmeal raisin cookies are typically made with black or purple raisins– you know the kind you’d get in the Sun-Maid box as a healthy snack when you were a kid. But no kid really enjoyed eating those wrinkly, sweet dried fruits masquerading as candy. They were cloyingly sweet and simply were not chocolate. Putting them into a cookie didn’t help the raisin or the cookie, to be frank. Whenever you see those variety boxes of three different cookies at a boring morning meeting, it’s always the oatmeal raisin that gets left behind.
Enter solution: GOLDEN RAISINS. The golden raisin is such a welcome improvement and makes all the difference in this underrated and often-shunned cookie. These golden little morsels are ever-so-slightly tart in place of the overly saccharine sweetness of the darker variety, making them the perfect compliment to the hearty and chewy oat-filled cookie dough. These cookies boast an interesting texture and a burst of flavor, leaving no complainers in their wake. They truly have the power to convert the traditional oatmeal raisin cookie basher into a glowing fan.
