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Oat Bran Raisin Cookies

A simple cookie made with oat bran, rolled oats, raisins, and a buttery dough.

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Why it works: Flour and raisin match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 9,075 recipes. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓

Oat Bran Raisin Cookies

Oven350°F
Time12 to 15 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F.

  2. Grease a cookie sheet.

Make the dough

  1. In a bowl, mix together oat bran, rolled oats, flour and baking powder.

  2. In another bowl, beat together margarine and brown sugar until smooth and creamy.

  3. Stir in egg white, water and vanilla, mixing until thoroughly incorporated.

  4. Add flour mixture and mix well.

  5. Fold in raisins.

Shape and bake

  1. Drop by level tablespoonfuls about 2 inches apart, onto prepared cookie sheet.

  2. Using a fork or the bottom of a glass, flatten slightly.

  3. Bake in preheated oven for 12 to 15 minutes or until bottoms are slightly browned.

  4. Cool on sheet for 3 minutes, then transfer to wire racks to cool completely.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

912Calories
25 gProtein
21 gFat
152 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Oat1/2 cup dry (40g)154
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Waternot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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Explore the science

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Flour + raisintop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together9,075 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  2. Oats + vanillatop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,532 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  3. Sugar + vanillatop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together35,032 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  4. Vanilla + raisintop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together782 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  5. Flour + vanillatop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together19,241 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

Sugar and vanilla barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 35,032 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Oat bran cereal
Adds soluble fiber and a tender, slightly nutty body to the cookie base.
Margarine
Provides fat that makes the cookies tender and helps creams the dough with sugar.
Brown sugar
Adds sweetness and moisture, and helps the cookies brown and stay soft.
Egg white
Binds the dough and gives the cookies structure as it sets in the oven.
All-purpose flour
Provides the starch and gluten network that gives the cookies their structure.
Baking powder
Releases gas during baking so the cookies rise slightly and turn lighter.

The step that matters

Beat margarine and brown sugar until smooth and creamy. Creaming softened fat with sugar traps air in the dough, which affects the cookies' lightness and spread. Soft, well-beaten fat blends evenly, while melted or unevenly mixed fat can make the texture greasy or dense.

Swap the raisin

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (oats, flour, sugar, egg, vanilla):

  1. Blueberryfits about as well
  2. Raisinthe original
  3. Figfits about as well
  4. Coconutfits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against oats, flour, sugar, egg, vanilla. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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