no flour needed - oatmeal cookies

I'm not feeling particularly long winded this morning... I spent the whole week at some funny introduction to Medicine in Canada/Quebec, conclusion: I really missed the kitchen! I had a day off yesterday so I baked and baked all day, finishing off the cookie dough this morning. Not a bad idea, fresh cinnamon raisin oatmeal cookies for breakfast :o) I really like this recipe as it uses ground oats as flour and ultimately, the cookies are light and soft.

Oatmeal Cookies

• 3 cups rolled oats
• 3/4 cup softened butter
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 tsp vanilla essence/ bunch of vanilla sugar
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 2-3 tsp cinnamon (depends on how much cinnamon taste you want)
• 2 cups raisins
• if you wish, skip the cinnamon and add chocolate chips instead of raisins

1. Preheat oven to 300F/150C.
2. In a blender, grind 2 cups of the oats into flour - set aside in a bowl. To these ground oats, add the remaining cup of intact oats, the salt, cinnamon and baking soda and give it a stir.
3. Cream the butter with the sugar, add vanilla and eggs one at the time, mixing until white and creamy.
4. Add the oat mixture to this and beat until well incorporated.
5. Mix in the raisins by hand.
6. Bake on parchment lined cookie trays for 13-15 mins.