Best Chocolate Covered Raisin Cookies Recipes

CHOCOLATE-COVERED RAISIN COOKIES

Steps:

• In a bowl, cream butter and sugars. Add the eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Combine the flour, oats, baking powder, baking soda and salt; add to the creamed mixture and mix well. Stir in cereal, raisins and coconut. Drop by tablespoonfuls 2 in. apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 350° for 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool for 5 minutes before removing to wire racks.

CHOCOLATE-COVERED RAISIN OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• For oat flour: Put 1 cup rolled oats in food processor or blender. Cover and blend or process until oats turn into a powder. Transfer powder to a small bowl. If using a blender do 1/2 cup of the oats at a time. Set aside.
• Beat butter and shortening in a large mixing bowl with on electric mixer on medium to high speed for 30 seconds. Add granulated sugar, brown sugar and baking soda; beat until combined, scraping sides of bowl occasionally. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Beat in oat flour and all purpose flour. Stir in the 1 cup rolled oats, walnuts and chocolate-covered raisins.
• Drop dough by the well-rounded teaspoonful 2 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake in a 350' oven for 8-10 minutes or until the edges are lightly browned. Transfer to wire racks and cool.

CHOCOLATE-COVERED RAISIN COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. Preheat the oven to 375°F. 2. Place all of the jar ingredients in a medium-sized bowl, and stir until well combined. Set aside. 3. Place the butter, egg, and vanilla extract in a large bowl, and cream with an electric mixer set on low speed or with a fork. 4. Add the dry ingredients to the butter mixture, and mix with a spoon until well combined. 5. Drop the dough by heaping teaspoonfuls onto an ungreased baking sheet, spacing the cookies about 2 inches apart to allow for spreading. 6. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes, or until light brown in color. Allow to cool for 5 minutes on the baking sheet. Then transfer to wire racks and cool completely. 7. Serve immediately, or store in an airtight container for up to 2 weeks. CREATING THE JAR1. Wash and thoroughly dry a 1-quart wide-mouth canning jar.2. Layer the ingredients in the jar as shown below, pressing firmly with a flat-bottomed object, such as a tart tamper or the bottom of a narrow glass, after each addition. Make the layers as level as possible.TOP of the jar 1/2 cup milk chocolate chips 1 cup chocolate-covered raisins 1/2 cup brown sugar 3/4 cup sugar 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 tea spoon baking soda 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flourBOTTOM of the jar3. Secure the lid, and decorate as desired (see The Basics: 06-Creating the Jars DECORATING THE JAR). Attach the instructions for making the cookies found in the Gift Jar Tags chapter.From "The Mason Jar Cookie Cookbook." Copyright 2002 by Lonnette Parks. Used with permission of the publisher, Wiley Publishing, Inc. All Rights Reserved.