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After School Oat & Raisin Cookies

January 18, 2016 by Ciara Attwell, Updated June 21, 2021

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Delicious Oat & Raisin Cookies made healthier with reduced sugar and whole wheat flour. The perfect snack for kids after school.

a pile of Oat & Raisin Cookies on top of a hessian mat on a yellow wooden chopping board with a pencil case in the background

Cookies and milk… it might be a bit of a cliche but together they really do make the best after school snack for kids. And when I say cookies, I mean the big chunky kind, hearty enough to satisfy post-school munchies! 

Today I’m sharing my recipe for these Oat & Raisin Cookies, a classic cookie combination made a little healthier and loved by my kids.

These cookies use a lower amount of sugar than the usual cookie recipe and an equal amount of oats and whole wheat flour; providing enough slow releasing carbs to keep your kids full until dinnertime.

If your little ones are not fans of raisins then you can use any dried fruit you like, or even leave them out altogether.

An Oat & Raisin Cookie broken in half on top of a children's drawing next to a blue pencil and a glass of milk in the background

This recipe makes 10 large or 15 small cookies.

Batch Cooking

I sometimes make a double batch of the cookie dough and freeze half of it, meaning I always have some to hand when I am in a hurry.

You can freeze the dough in one big batch but I prefer to make it into cookie shapes and freeze them individually, before transferring to a freezer bag.

If you try this recipe please do let me know what you think. Or tag me in a picture on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. I’d love to see your pictures!

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After School Oat & Raisin Cookies


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  • Author: Ciara @ My Fussy Eater
  • Prep Time: 15 mins
  • Cook Time: 15 mins
  • Total Time: 30 minutes
  • Yield: 10 1x
  • Category: Snacks
  • Cuisine: European
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Delicious Oat & Raisin Cookies made healthier with reduced sugar and whole wheat flour. The perfect snack for kids after school.


Ingredients

  • 100g / 3.5oz raisins
  • 125g / 4oz butter, softened
  • 75g / 3oz coconut sugar or soft brown sugar
  • ½ tsp vanilla extract
  • 100g / 3.5oz whole wheat flour
  • 100g / 3.5oz rolled oats
  • ¼ tsp bicarbonate of soda

Instructions

  1. Soak the raisins in a bowl with boiling water for 10 minutes. This will make them juice and plump and stop them from burning.
  2. Preheat the oven to 160c and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
  3. Beat the butter and sugar together with a hand whisk or a wooden spoon. Add the vanilla extract and stir well.
  4. Stir in the flour, oats and bicarbonate of soda and mix until everything is well combined. The dough will seem quite dry at this stage but that is normal.
  5. Drain the raisins and add them to the rest of the ingredients, mixing well.
  6. Roll the dough into 10 (for large cookies) or 15 (for smaller cookies) equal sized balls, placing them on the baking sheet. Press each down on each with your fingers to make the cookie shape.
  7. Bake in the oven for 15 minutes until the edges are golden brown.
  8. Allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes. This is important as the cookies will still be very soft at this stage and will fall apart if you try to lift them too early.
  9. After 5 minutes transfer the cookies to a wire rack to cool completely. Store in an airtight tin for 3-4 days.
1 Serving25512.4 g7.5 mg10.4 g6.6 g35.1 g3.4 g4.2 g
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Comments

  1. Lorraine Archbold says

    May 22, 2019 at 1:47 am

    Great recipe that’s become a regular in our house. I use slightly less sugar than the recipe states and gluten free flour (as we have wheat allergies here) and they turn out great. Easy recipe to include little people in the making too. Thanks

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  2. Lexi says

    March 10, 2018 at 6:57 pm

    Really good cookies! I have to confess that I kept sneaking these while the kids were at school so there wasn’t a full batch left after I cooked them! Your photography is really lovey too by the way. x

    ★★★★★

    Reply
  3. Pauline Charman says

    November 2, 2017 at 4:40 pm

    Can’t wait to try them, thanks

    ★★★★★

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    • Ciara Attwell says

      November 8, 2017 at 10:07 am

      Hope you like them!

      Reply
  4. Claire says

    November 11, 2016 at 9:43 am

    After turning the oven up They came out really well. I think you could easily halve the sugar content as they were sickly sweet and even my lolly mad 4 year old agreed. Will definitely start making the basic recipe and add in different things but less sugar and you could also loose 20g of raisins.

    ★★★★

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  5. Claire says

    November 10, 2016 at 6:32 pm

    Hi
    Is this fan oven setting, they are in the oven now at 160 and not cooking so I’m assuming it should be 180 convention oven 🙁

    Reply
  6. Hafiz says

    February 10, 2016 at 4:34 pm

    Made this for myself since my bofnrieyd HATES oatmeal. He tried a bite and has been gobbling it up all week. I’ll need to make more if he keeps this up. Definitely have to try your other baked oatmeal recipes!

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    • Ciara Attwell says

      February 10, 2016 at 5:52 pm

      Ha ha!! That’s hilarious! Glad you’re both enjoying the cookies!

      Reply

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