Lunchbox filler: Oat and Raisin Cookies

OK so here is a great lunchbox filler. I'm not a huge biscuit-maker because they usually contain so much butter. But the amount of butter in these is quite reasonable and they are full of healthy oats. The recipe is from a fantastic blog, Thermomixin.com. Here here is the link to the original recipe. I actually reduce the butter and sugar slightly and increase the oats - this makes them a bit crumblier than what they probably should be but still totally yummy. I also use currents just because they're smaller and I always have them in the cupboard. Here's my slightly tweaked version!

Ingredients:

100g butter, softened
110g brown sugar
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla extract
65g plain flour
30g self-raising flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp salt
120g rolled oats, I'm usually generous with those and usually put in around 140g
120g currents

Method:

1.  Preheat your oven to 175 degrees and line two trays with baking paper
2.  Put butter, sugar, egg and vanilla into TMX bowl and cream for 1min/speed 3
3.  Add flour, baking soda, cinammon and salt and knead for 40secs/interval speed
4.  Add oats and currents, mix for 40secs/reverse/speed 1. Check to see everything has mixed together properly, it may need another mix on the same settings or even just a mix by hand with the spatula
5.  Spoon mixture onto baking trays in blobs about the side of a walnut or golf-ball. Leave enough room between each blob for spreading
6.  Cook for 12 mins or until they turn golden brown.

I will add a photo once I play around with my photo settings…stand by!