Raisin Spice Cookies

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Raisin Spice Cookies

Recipe adapted from Quinoa Revolution

This week I am exploring all the different ways you can incorporate Quinoa into your diet. These cookies use Quinoa flour, and it's nutty taste compliments the raisins and walnuts perfectly. You can buy Quinoa flour at Bulk Barn or Natural food stores.

Makes 24 cookies:

• 1 cup sultana raisins
• 1/2 cup salted butter
• 3/4 cup organic cane sugar (or white sugar)
• 2 large eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cup Quinoa flour
• 1 cup almond flour (ground almonds)
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp nutmeg
• 1/2 tsp ground cloves
• 1 cup chopped walnuts

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray baking sheets with cooking oil 
2. Place raisins in bowl and cover with boiling water. Allow to sit for 10 minutes.
3. In the meantime, cream butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in eggs one at a time and then add vanilla. 
4. In a large bowl, mix together Quinoa flour, almond flour, salt, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg and ground cloves.
5. Add butter mixture to flour mixture and mix well. Drain raisins and fold in with chopped walnuts.
6. Roll dough into 1 1/2" balls, and place 2" apart. Bake one sheet at a time for 11 minutes or until edges are golden brown.
7. Allow cookies to rest for 10 minutes out of the oven until you transfer to a wire rack to cool further.

Orangesicle Cookies

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Recipe adapted from White Chocolate & Lime Cookies

Perfect for a summer treat, these cookies are light, refreshing and tasty! We love eating these refrigerated or even frozen.

• 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 3/4 cup white sugar
• 3/4 cup light brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed orange juice
• zest from 1 orange
• 2 1/2 cups AP Flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1- 12oz bag white chocolate chips

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
2. Line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper
3. In a large bowl mix sugar and butter until just combined (but not fluffy)
4. Add eggs one at a time, then add vanilla, lime juice and lime zest. Mix just to combine.
5. Whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt in a separate bowl.
6. Mix into created mixture until just combined. Fold in chocolate chips.
7. Shape dough into 1" balls and place 2" apart on baking sheet. Bake 10 minutes until the edges are golden and the centres are just set.
8. Allow to sit on pan for 5 minutes before moving to cooling racks.

White Chocolate & Lime Cookies

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White Chocolate & Lime Cookies

Recipe borrowed from Evil Shenanigans

In response to the blizzard going on outside my window-- I made the most perfect summer cookies. While it may sound like an unusual combination, I assure you these cookies are a magical synthesis of amazing and wonderful (no exaggeration). 

   One had already been eaten (not by me) 

before I took this picture-- so I think that's

 a good sign!

• 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 3/4 cup light brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 teaspoon lime juice
• 1 tablespoon lime zest
• 2 1/2 cups AP Flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1- 12oz bag white chocolate chips

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
2. Line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper
3. In a large bowl mix sugar and butter until combined (but not fluffy)
4. Add eggs one at a time, then add vanilla, lime juice and lime zest. Mix to combine.
5. Whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt in a separate bowl.
6. Mix into created mixture until just combined. Fold in chocolate chips.
7. Shape dough into 1" balls and place 2" apart on baking sheet. Bake 10 minutes until the edges are golden and the centres are just set.
8. Allow to sit on pan for 5 minutes before moving to cooling racks.

Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies

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These are the best Oatmeal cookies ever. They're soft and chewy and can be infinitely altered. I added chocolate chips to these ones, but dried cranberries, white chocolate, walnuts or raisins would be great options as well.

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 3 cups quick cooking oats
• 1 cup milk chocolate chips (optional)

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. 
2. In a medium bowl, cream together butter, white sugar, and brown sugar. Beat in eggs one at a time, then stir in vanilla. Combine flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon; stir into the creamed mixture. Mix in oats. Mix in chocolate chips.
3. Grease cookie sheets. Roll the dough into walnut sized balls, and place 2 inches apart on cookie sheets.
4. Bake for 10 minutes in preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.