Unexpected party, bake sale, cookie cravings: All of these are no big deal thanks to that freezer stash of dough you’re about to whip up.
Ingredients
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2 ½ cups
all-purpose flour
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1 ½ tsp
baking soda
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1 ½ tsp
salt
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1 ½ cups
unsalted
butter
, softened
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1 cup
packed light
brown sugar
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¾ cup
granulated sugar
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3
eggs
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1 tbsp
vanilla
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2 ½ cups
rolled oats
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1 ½ cups
chopped
semi-sweet chocolate
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1 ½ cups
raisins
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F. Line a baking sheet with parchment.
- Whisk flour, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl. Beat butter and both sugars in a large bowl with an electric mixer until fluffy, about 5 min, scraping side of bowl. Beat in eggs, 1 at a time, then vanilla. Add flour mixture until just combined. Stir in oats, chocolate and raisins.
- Roll dough into heaping tablespoonful balls. Place 3 in. apart on sheet. Freeze remaining dough (see tip).
- Bake until edges are golden but centres are soft, 10 to 12 min. Let cool on sheet 2 min, then transfer to a rack to cool completely.
Freezing tip
Portion dough by shaping 1 cup into a log about 1 ½ inch thick. Wrap tightly in plastic and freeze up to two months. Cut each log into 12 portions and bake from frozen as directed, adding 1 to 2 minutes.
Nutrition (per cookie)
- Calories
- 106,
- Protein
- 2 g,
- Carbohydrates
- 14 g,
- Fat
- 5 g,
- Fibre
- 1 g,
- Sodium
- 76 mg.
Originally published in the March + April 2018 issue. Photo by Erik Putz.
