Oatmeal raisin cookie facts for kids
Oatmeal cookies with golden raisins, orange zest and chocolate chips
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| Type | Cookie |
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| Course | Dessert or snack |
| Place of origin | Scotland (oatcake); United States |
| Created by | Fannie Merritt Farmer (first recorded recipe) |
| Invented | 1896 |
| Main ingredients | Oatmeal, raisins |
| Ingredients generally used | Flour, sugar, eggs, salt, spices |
| Similar dishes | Oatcake |
An oatmeal raisin cookie is a type of drop cookie made from an oatmeal-based dough with raisins. Its ingredients also typically include flour, sugar, eggs, salt, and spices. A descendant of the Scottish oatcake, the oatmeal raisin cookie has become one of the most popular cookies in the United States.
When the cookies were becoming prominent in the United States in the early 1900s, they came to be known as a health food because of the fiber and vitamins from the oatmeal and raisins. Nonetheless, the nutritional value of an oatmeal raisin cookie is essentially the same as a chocolate chip cookie in sugar, fat, calorie and fiber content.
History
In the early Middle Ages, traditional Scottish oatcakes had similar ingredients but were and are typically crispier than modern oatmeal cookies. The first recorded oatmeal cookie recipe was published in the United States by Fannie Merritt Farmer in her 1896 cookbook, the Boston Cooking-School Cook Book. While Farmer's original recipe did not contain raisins, their inclusion grew more common over time, due in part to the oatmeal raisin cookie recipes featured on every Quaker Oats container beginning in the early 1900s.
Images for kids
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Orange zest and chocolate chips added.
See also
In Spanish: Galletas de avena para niños
