Getting My #TanyaBakes On - Take Two...

Remember this post around this time last year when I got my #TanyaBakes (a.k.a. the lovely Tanya Burr's baking book which you can find here if you fancy picking it up - I highly recommend it!) on and made some rather delicious Triple Chocolate Cookies? Well, last week I fancied doing a similar kind of thing once again - although this time, with a slightly more healthy result - seeing as, for the majority of the time, that's how I like to try and keep my diet. Introducing - Oat and Cinnamon Cookies - a still very tasty, but much less outrageously-calorific sweet treat. Wanna know just how I made them and how you can too? Just keep reading... 

Unlike the Triple Chocolate Cookies that I did kinda switch up a little - and you could too - to include whatever type or flavour of chocolate you fancy, this time around I kept strictly to the original recipe and I'd definitely recommend you doing the same. The combination of the oats, raisins and cinnamon works together so well in these cookies and is sweet, but not at all sickly.

Oat and Cinnamon Healthy Cookies (Makes 20):

Ingredients:

300g Porridge Oats

100g Butter, softened

1 teaspoon Baking Powder

1 Egg

3 tablespoons Honey

2 teaspoons Ground Cinnamon

Large handful of Raisins

Pre-heat your oven to 180 degrees Celsius and line two baking trays with greaseproof paper. Put all of the ingredients apart from the Raisins in a big mixing bowl and - you guessed it - mix them together. Once you have a dough-like mixture, add in your Raisins and mix gently until they're well-dispersed. Form the dough into 20 balls (although I found the mixture to make around 16 personally), then press gently on the baking tray to flatten them slightly. You do still wanna leave some room for each cookie though to ensure they have space to expand. (I found mine to not to this as much, but I think if I'd have flattened them more - as I would do next time round - I think they probably would've). Then, simply bake in the pre-heated oven for 15-20 minutes until golden, crisp and just generally delicious-looking! Transfer to a wire rack to cool and then, you are ready to go!

So, if you're in the mood for something sweet, but want to keep on the healthier side of things as opposed to my last #TanyaBakes-inspired post - definitely try these out. They're still very sweet and still very tasty - but not half as naughty - and also, with the addition of the oats, are awesome for carrying on-the-go as a breakfast or even a snack when you get a little peckish. Perfect...