Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Oatmeal Raisin Cookies - the Easy Way . . .

No time to fool around with the ins and outs of a new recipe? Don't have the exotic spices required to produce a gourmet treat? Here is a fun and easy way to get cookies into the hands of your hungry family, make you look amazing, and not cause you undo stress.

Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

1 box of spice cake mix
2 eggs
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1/3 cup unsweetened applesauce
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/2 cups oatmeal
1 cup raisins
1/2 cup chopped walnuts.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Mix all the ingredientss together in a large mixing bowl. Use a spoon, no need for a mixer today!

Vegetable oil spray your baking sheets. Drop walnut-sized balls of dough about 2 inches apart on the baking sheet. Bake for approximately 10-12 minutes our until set and light brown. Remove from baking sheet and let cool on a cooling rack.

Icing

1 cup powdered sugar
Enough fresh lemon juice to form a medium thin paste.

Drizzle over the cookies before they get completely cool.

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