This moist apple sheet cake is filled with sweetness and warmth from the brown sugar and cinnamon and tied together with lots of fresh chopped apples. It’s a great dessert to enjoy in the fall when apples are in season. 

I love sheet cakes because they are really fast to mix up, they bake pretty fast, and they can feed a crowd. This apple cake takes a little longer because the apples add so much moisture to the batter. But the wait is worth it. 

Ingredients Needed to Make Apple Cake:

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• all purpose flour
• white sugar
• brown sugar
• ground cinnamon 
• salt
• baking powder
• baking soda
• olive oil
• eggs
• vanilla extract
• buttermilk – if you don’t have buttermilk just make your own with milk and a splash of lemon juice to make it thicken 
• apples, any variety will work 

Making this cake is literally so simple. I make it in a mixing bowl with a spoon. 

How to Make Apple Sheet Cake:

1. Mix all the dry ingredients together.
2. Add the wet ingredients and mix. 
3. Add the peeled and chopped apples.
4. Spread evenly in pan and bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes or until the center of the cake tests done with a toothpick. Make sure you’re not sticking the toothpick in an apple chunk! 
5. Let the cake cool and enjoy! 

I hope you enjoy the apple sheet cake!

~Rachel Ballinger ☕️🍎

More Apple Recipes for You to Enjoy:

• Oatmeal Apple Cookies
• Apple Cinnamon Scones
• Cinnamon Apple Dutch Baby
• Cranberry Apple Pie

“A lot of living happens in the kitchen.”    ~Rachel

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Apple Sheet Cake

This moist and delicious apple sheet cake is full of brown sugar and cinnamon goodness and stuffed with apples. Perfect fall treat!

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword Apple, Apple Sheet Cake, Cake, dessert

Prep Time 15 minutes minutes

Cook Time 40 minutes minutes

Total Time 55 minutes minutes

Servings 24 Servings

Ingredients

• 2 1/4 cup all purpose flour
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 2 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 cup olive oil
• 3 large eggs
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/3 cup buttermilk
• 4 large apples peeled and diced

Instructions

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and oil a sheet pan.
• In a large mixing bowl, combine all the dry ingredients.
• Add the wet ingredients and stir to combine well.
• Add the apples and mix in.
• Scrape into greased sheet pan and spread batter evenly.
• Bake for 40 minutes or until the center tests done with a toothpick.
• Let cool completely before cutting into it.

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Banana Bread Cake is your classic warm and cozy banana bread with chocolate chips and a hint of cinnamon but baked in cake form! It bakes faster and is so easy to serve. 

This recipe is a great way to use up bananas that are overripe and rotting on your counter. It seems we always have some of those bananas laying around. My daughters love to tease me and dramatically open the trashcan and pitch the old bananas in while saying “YOU’RE NOT GOING TO BAKE THE BREAD, MOM!” Hahaha! They’re right more often than not. But everybody sure does love it when somebody gathers the mental fortitude to actually bake the bread instead of pitching the bananas. It’s such a yummy cake! I hope y’all love it.

Ingredients Needed to Make Banana Bread Cake:

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• ripe bananas
• melted butter, I use salted butter for everything 
• baking soda 
• salt
• ground cinnamon 
• white sugar
• eggs
• vanilla extract
• all purpose flour
• semisweet chocolate chips 

How to Make Banana Bread Cake:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and grease a 9”x 13” baking pan with olive oil. Here’s the link for my baking pan. 
• In a bowl, mash the ripe bananas with a fork. Add the melted butter and mix.
• Stir in the baking soda, salt, cinnamon, sugar, eggs, and vanilla extract. Then add the flour and mix. 
• Stir in the chocolate chips.
• Pour into prepared cake pan and bake for 45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. 
• Remove from oven, let cool, cut and serve! 

Happy Baking!

~Rachel Ballinger ☕️💕

More Cake Recipes You Might Like:

• Strawberry Shortcake
• Italian Whole Orange Cake
• Lemon Cake with Lemon Cream Cheese Icing
• Carrot Cake Scones

“A lot of living happens in the kitchen.”     ~Rachel 

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Banana Bread Cake

This is your classic banana bread with chocolate chips but baked in a cake form. So fast and easy and delicious!

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword Banana, Cake, Chocolate Chip, dessert

Prep Time 15 minutes minutes

Cook Time 45 minutes minutes

Total Time 1 hour hour

Servings 18 Servings

Ingredients

• 6 ripe bananas
• 2/3 cup butter melted
• 2 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1 1/2 cup white sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 3 cups all purpose flour
• 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips

Instructions

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and grease a 9”x13” pan with olive oil.
• In a mixing bowl, mash the bananas with a fork until smooth. Stir the melted butter into the mashed bananas. Mix in the baking soda, salt, and cinnamon. Stir in the sugar, eggs, and vanilla extract. Add the flour and mix well. Stir in chocolate chips.
• Pour the batter into the greased pan and bake for 45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Remove from oven and cool completely before slicing and serving.

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These glazed peach scones are crisp and moist and packed full of peachy flavor. Scones are so fun and quick to make and the result is so worth it. They look fancy and are perfect for breakfast and brunch.

Scones are one of my favorite things to bake for several reasons. They are fast and easy to mix up and yet they feel fancy. I love working the dough with my hands and then cutting them into triangles. They’re a delicious mix between a biscuit and a cookie. They’re not dry if they’re made right but moist and full of flavor. 
Most sources will tell you not to mix the dough in a mixer and gently work it by hand but I’ve found that I can successfully mix it up in a mixer being careful not to overmix and then shape it into a circle by hand and they turn out great. Not dry at all. 

Ingredients Needed for Glazed Peach Scones:

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• all purpose flour
• white sugar
• baking powder 
• ground cinnamon 
• salt 
• salted butter
• whole milk
• vanilla extract 
• a peach, peeled and chopped 
• powdered sugar 

How to Make these Peach Scones:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
• In a mixer, combine all the dry ingredients.
• Add the butter and mix until it’s small pea sized lumps. It’ll take awhile but be patient until you get there. If the butter is left and baked in too big of chunks, there will be craters and dips in the s ones that don’t look nice.
•  Mix in the milk and vanilla extract and then add the peaches and mix just till combined. 
• Place the dough on a floured surface and divide into two equal pieces. 
• Shape each piece into a circle and cut into 8 triangles with a dough cutter, pizza cutter, or knife. 
• Place them on a baking sheet and bake in preheated oven for 17 minutes or until golden brown on top. 
• Remove from oven and place on parchment paper to cool.
• Mix up the glaze ingredients and pour into a ziploc bag. Snip a tiny corner of the bag and drizzle the glaze across each scone.
• Enjoy a delicious glazed peach scone! 

These scones are perfect for a tea party, breakfast and brunch, and they also make great gifts. I make them in all different flavors and it’s so much fun! 

Happy Baking,

~Rachel Ballinger ☕️💕

Here are some more of my favorite scone recipes for you:

• Chocolate Chip Orange Scones
• Apple Cinnamon Scones
• Maple Bacon Chocolate Chip Scones
• White Chocolate Cranberry Scones
• Carrot Cake Scones

”A lot of living happens in the kitchen.”    ~Rachel

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Glazed Peach Scones

These glazed peach scones are moist and packed full of peachy flavor. Scones are so fun and quick to make and the result is so worth it. They look fancy and are perfect for breakfast and brunch.

Course Breakfast, Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword dessert, Peach, Scones

Prep Time 15 minutes minutes

Cook Time 17 minutes minutes

Total Time 32 minutes minutes

Servings 16 Scones

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup white sugar
• 1 tbsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 6 tbsp salted butter
• 3/4 cup whole milk
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 peach peeled and cubed, about 1 cup

Glaze:

• 1/2 cup powdered sugar
• 1 tbsp whole milk
• Sprinkle of ground cinnamon

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• In your mixer combine flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt. Cut the cold butter into smaller pieces and add to the dry mixture. Mix together until the butter is broken into small little pieces. It will take time so just be patient and it will break down!
• Mix in milk and vanilla extract until moistened. Add the chopped peaches and mix till combined.
• Turn out the dough onto a floured surface. Divide dough in half and by hand form both sections into circles. You want the dough about an inch thick. Then cut each circle into 8 pieces like a pie with a pastry cutter, sharp knife, or pizza cutter.
• Place 2 inches apart on a cookie sheet.
• Bake in preheated oven for 17 minutes or until golden brown.
• Mix glaze ingredients and drizzle on cooled scones. Store in an airtight container.

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These delicious pumpkin chocolate chip bars are really easy to make and a great way to enjoy the classic pumpkin chocolate combo that we all love. 

I can mix these bars up in about ten minutes and have them in the oven by the time it preheats. They bake fast because it’s a thin cake. You could ice them with some cream cheese icing but you honestly don’t need it because it’s so moist and delicious just the way it is. 

Ingredients Needed to Make Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bars:

• all purpose flour
• white sugar
• salt
• baking soda
• baking powder
• ground cinnamon
• vanilla extract
• eggs
• olive oil
• pumpkin puree 
• semisweet chocolate chips

How to Make the Bars:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• Mix all dry ingredients in a bowl.
• Add the rest of the ingredients and mix well. 
• Spread in a greased half sheet pan and sprinkle a couple chocolate chips on top so they show up once baked. 
• Bake for 25 minutes or until it tests done in the center with a toothpick.

I bake the bars in a half sheet pan. These pans are so handy for all kinds of things like these bars but also for sheet cakes, roasting veggies and potatoes, and for freezing fruit. You can get my favorite pans here.

Enjoy the bars!

~Rachel Ballinger ☕️💕

Here are a couple more pumpkin recipes you’ll want to check out: 

• Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins
• Pumpkin Snickerdoodles
• Pumpkin Chili

”A lot of living happens in the kitchen.”   ~Rachel

 

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Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bars

These delicious pumpkin chocolate chip bars are easy to make and give you a delicious way to eat the pumpkin chocolate combo that we all love!

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword Chocolate Chip, dessert, Fall, Pumpkin

Prep Time 15 minutes minutes

Cook Time 25 minutes minutes

Total Time 40 minutes minutes

Servings 24 Servings

Ingredients

• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 2 cups white sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 4 eggs
• 1 cup olive oil
• 1 cup pumpkin puree
• 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips mixed with 1 tbsp flour to keep them from sinking to the bottom

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Put all the dry ingredients into a mixing bowl and mix together thoroughly.
• Add the rest of the ingredients and beat until well mixed.
• Pour the batter into a greased half sheet pan and sprinkle a couple chocolate chips on top.
• Bake for 25 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

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Chili Mac n Cheese combines two classic comfort foods into one warm and cozy meal that will become a favorite in your house! The chili, ground beef, and beans mixed with the macaroni and melty cheese is so good especially when topped with some extra cheese, sour cream and cilantro and Fritos.

I love it when I’m making dinner and my family members wander into the kitchen and ask what I’m making and when it’s something new, they’ll be very curious and rather reluctant to like it. It’s ridiculous! They love our classics and don’t like to stray from them too much. But the first time I made this chili mac n cheese and they asked me what was for dinner, they said “hmm, ok, it does smell really good.” And then, guess what? They absolutely loved it and it’s become one of our favorites. Winner, winner, it’s what’s for dinner! I hope your family loves it too. 

Ingredients Needed to Make Chili Mac n Cheese:

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• ground beef
• onion
• salt
• black pepper
• minced garlic 
• chicken broth (beef will work too)
• canned diced tomatoes – I always prefer petite diced tomatoes 
• tomato sauce
• kidney beans – light or dark work 
• cumin
• chili powder
• dried oregano
• elbow macaroni 
• Shredded Monterrey jack cheese
• Desired Toppings: frito chips, shredded cheese, sour cream, and chopped cilantro

How to Make This Recipe:

• In a large skillet or Dutch oven, brown the ground beef and onion. Season with salt, pepper, and minced garlic. 
• Add the recent of the ingredients except the cheese. Stir occasionally and simmer till the macaroni is al dente.
• Remove from heat, stir in the cheese, and serve! 
  We love it with frito chips, sour cream, shredded cheese, and chopped cilantro.

I hope you try and enjoy this recipe!

~Rachel Ballinger ☕️💕

“A lot of living happens in the kitchen.”    ~Rachel

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Chili Mac n Cheese

Chili Mac n Cheese combines two classic comfort foods to make one warm and cozy meal that will become a favorite in your house! The chili ground beef and beans mixed with melty cheese and topped with zesty cilantro and sour cream is a delicious meal.

Course Main Course

Cuisine American

Keyword beans, beef, Chili, dinner, Main Course

Total Time 30 minutes minutes

Servings 6 Servings

Ingredients

• 1 lb. ground beef
• 1 onion chopped
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp black pepper
• 3 tsp minced garlic
• 4 cups chicken or beef broth
• 1 can 14.5 oz. diced tomatoes
• 1 can 15 oz. tomato sauce
• 1 15-oz. can kidney beans, drained
• 1 tsp cumin
• 1 tbsp chili powder
• 2 tsp dried oregano
• 1 lb elbow macaroni
• 3 cups

  shredded Monterrey Jack cheese


• Desired Toppings: frito chips, shredded cheese, sour cream, and chopped cilantro

Instructions

• In a large skillet or Dutch oven, brown the ground beef and onion. Season with salt and pepper. Add the garlic once it’s almost done cooking so it doesn’t burn.
• Once the meat is browned add the broth, diced tomato, tomato sauce, beans, macaroni, cumin, chili powder, and oregano.
• Bring to a simmer and cook until the sauce is thick and the macaroni is al dente, about 12 minutes, stirring frequently to keep from burning on the bottom.
• Remove from heat and stir in the cheese.
• Serve, topping with frito chips, sour cream, cilantro, and more shredded cheese if desired.

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This hearty beef stew is full of thick chunks of beef, potatoes, carrots, celery, and onions and tied together with some diced tomatoes and herbs in a savory gravy. I like serving it with a crusty loaf of no knead artisan bread or a pan of steaming hot skillet cornbread. 
It’s your classic meat and potato dish that is warm and comforting and cozy. It fills you up and feels like home. 

Ingredients Needed to Make Hearty Beef Stew:

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• stew meat, I’ve used beef, lamb, and pork and they’re all good 
• olive oil
• all purpose flour
• beef broth
• water
• onion
• celery
• carrots
• russet potatoes
•  canned diced tomatoes 
• salt
• black pepper
• garlic powder 
• oregano 

How To Make Beef Stew:

• In a large pot on medium high heat, sauté the beef chunks in the olive oil and season with salt, pepper, and garlic powder. 
• Sprinkle the flour on the meat and sauté for a couple minutes. 
• Add the broth, potatoes, veggies, and seasonings. Simmer till potatoes are soft. 
• Add tomatoes and heat through.
• Serve with cornbread or crusty bread. Enjoy! 

I hope you enjoy this recipe! 

~Rachel Ballinger ☕️💕

”A lot of living happens in the kitchen.”     ~Rachel 

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Hearty Beef Stew

This hearty beef stew combines chunks of beef, potatoes, carrots, and tomatoes in a flavorful broth to make a delicious and comforting stew. Serve it with cornbread or some crusty artisan bread for a cozy dinner.

Course Main Course

Cuisine American

Keyword beef, Main Course, Potato, soup, Stew

Total Time 1 hour hour

Servings 12 Servings

Ingredients

• 3 lbs beef stew meat
• Olive oil
• 1/2 cup all purpose flour
• 4 cups beef broth
• 6-8 cups water
• 1 large onion chopped
• 4 stalks celery sliced
• 4 large carrots sliced
• 4 russet potatoes peeled and diced
• 28 oz can petite diced tomatoes
• 2 tsp salt
• 1 tsp black pepper
• 2 tsp garlic powder
• 2 tsp oregano

Instructions

• In a large pot, brown stew meat in olive oil.
• Season with salt, pepper, and garlic powder. Once mostly cooked, about 10 minutes or so, add the flour and stir well as it browns a little. A nonstick pot works best for this stew to keep it from sticking to the bottom of the pot and burning.
• Add the beef broth, water, onion, celery, carrots, and potatoes and season with salt, pepper, garlic powder, and oregano.
• Bring to a simmer and cook till veggies are soft, about 30 minutes. Add the diced tomatoes and simmer for a couple more minutes to let the flavors blend.
• Serve with skillet cornbread or a rustic loaf of crusty bread.

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Sheet Pan Chicken Fajitas are a zesty and flavorful recipe that can be prepared quickly enough to make it a wonderful weeknight dinner. It’s roasted chicken with bell peppers and onions wrapped in a warm flour tortilla with your favorite toppings. 

Serve them in warm flour tortillas and it’s easy to take the whole meal up a notch by making your own homemade tortillas. Check out my flour tortilla recipe! 

Ingredients Needed:

• chicken breasts or thighs 
• onion
• bell peppers
• olive oil
• dried oregano 
• smoked paprika
• cumin
• honey
• lemon juice
• garlic 
• salt
• black pepper
• flour tortillas 
• your favorite toppings: shredded cheese, sour cream, chopped cilantro, lime juice 

How To Make the Sheet Pan Chicken Fajitas: 

• Place chicken, bell peppers, and onions in the marinade in a bowl and let rest in the fridge for half an hour or longer. 
• Place marinated chicken and veggies on a parchment paper lined sheet pan and bake in a 375 degree oven for 40 minutes or until tender with an internal temperature of 165 degrees. 
• Remove from oven and let chicken rest for ten minutes. Slice the chicken thinly.
• Serve the chicken and veggies in a flour tortilla with your favorite toppings.
• Refrigerate the leftovers. 

I hope y’all enjoy this delicious meal!

~Rachel Ballinger ☕️💕

”A lot of living happens in the kitchen.”    ~Rachel

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Sheet Pan Chicken Fajitas

Sheet pan chicken fajitas are a zesty and flavorful recipe that can be prepared quickly enough to make it a great weeknight dinner. It’s roasted chicken with onions and bell peppers wrapped in a warm flour tortilla with your favorite toppings.

Course Main Course

Cuisine American

Keyword Chicken, dinner, Fajitas, Main Course

Prep Time 45 minutes minutes

Cook Time 45 minutes minutes

Total Time 1 hour hour 30 minutes minutes

Servings 6 Servings

Ingredients

• 4 boneless chicken breasts or thighs, about 2 to 2.5 pounds
• 1 large onion cut into rings
• 2 bell peppers red, yellow, or orange, cut into rings
• 1/3 cup olive oil
• 1 tbsp dried oregano
• 2 tsp smoked paprika
• 1/2 tsp cumin
• 1 tsp honey
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• 1 clove of garlic minced
• 2 tsp salt
• 1 tsp black pepper
• 8 flour tortillas
• Toppings: Sour cream shredded cheese, chopped cilantro, lime juice

Instructions

• On a cutting board, place the chicken, two pieces at a time in a gallon size plastic bag and pound with a meat mallet until about 1 inch thick.
• Place the chicken, onion, and bell pepper in a bowl.
• Add everything else except the flour tortillas and toppings. Mix, cover, and refrigerate for half an hour or more.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Place marinated chicken mixture on a parchment paper lined sheet.
• Bake for about 1 hour or until internal temperature reaches 165°F.
• Remove from the oven and let it rest for about 10 minutes and then slice it with a sharp knife.
• Serve the chicken and veggies in a flour tortilla with your favorite toppings.

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1. My Presto Pressure Canner 

Certain foods like chicken broth and green beans require pressure canning and this is an affordable and quality canner. You can fit two layers of jars in there if you get a divider. 

2. My Water Bath Canner 

A lot of foods can be preserved in a water bath. Some of my favorites are applesauce, apple butter, jams, and tomato sauce. 

3. My ForJars Funnel and Strainer Set 

This is such a handy set and you’ll use it for everything! Stainless steel and easy to clean, I use it for steaming broth and yogurt and many other things. Forjars has excellent canning jars, lids, and rings. Use code RACHEL for a discount when ordering. 

4. A Chinois Cone Strainer with Pestle

I like using this cone strainer for smaller batches of tomato sauce. It requires no setup and the cleanup is so easy. 

5. A Johnny Applesauce Maker 

This is what I use to make applesauce and large batches of tomato sauce. It’s what my mom used all my growing up years and I still find it the best thing. We have applesauce making day and set it up and everybody gets involved helping crank it. Lots of good memories! 

Of course there are more things like a big stainless steel ladle, good paring knives, stock pots, and a jar lifter but these are some of the bigger things. I hope this list helps you with your canning! 
You can find my recipes for canning strawberry jam, tomato sauce, salsa, bread and butter pickles, red beets, applesauce, and apple butter in my cookbook. You can order it on Amazon by clicking on this link. You can order it on Amazon by clicking on this link. 

Happy Canning!

~Rachel Ballinger 

“A lot of living happens in the kitchen.”    ~Rachel 

 

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These oatmeal raisin cookies are full of oats, raisins, and the warm flavors of brown sugar and butter. I consider this nostalgic old fashioned recipe a comfort food. Back before the chocolate chip was ever invented,  there was the humble raisin. And it is still loved and appreciated by many and it is absolutely delicious baked into this oatmeal cookie.

Ingredients Needed to Bake These Cookies:

• brown sugar 
• butter, I use salted butter for everything 
• eggs
• vanilla extract 
• baking powder
• salt
• baking soda, I dissolve the baking soda in a little bit of warm water to make sure there are no lumps 
• flour
• raisins
• quick oats, you can use regular oats too, the texture will be a little different but still delicious 

How to Make Oatmeal Raisin Cookies:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In the bowl of a mixer, cream together the brown sugar and butter. 
• Add the eggs and vanilla extract and beat. 
• Add the rest of the ingredients except the oats and mix.
• Lastly, add the oats and mix till combined.
• Drop dough on cookie sheets with a spoon.
• Bake for 14 minutes. The outer edges will be browned but the center will appear unbaked but that’s ok. They will harden as they cool.
• Store in an airtight container. 

My favorite cookie sheets that I’ve used for years are a set I got at a Pampered Chef party at my friend’s house. You can buy them here. 

I hope you enjoy the cookies! It’s a classic recipe to add to your recipe box. 
~Rachel Ballinger ☕️💕

Here Are Some More Of My Cookie Recipes For You To Enjoy: 

• Peanut Butter Cookies
• Chocolate Chip Cookies
• Snickerdoodle Cookies
• Oatmeal Apple Cookies 

“A lot of living happens in the kitchen.”   ~Rachel

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Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

These oatmeal raisin cookies are soft and comforting, made with brown sugar, raisins, and oats.

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword Cookie, dessert, Oatmeal, Raisin

Prep Time 15 minutes minutes

Cook Time 28 minutes minutes

Total Time 43 minutes minutes

Servings 4 Dozen

Ingredients

• 2 cups brown sugar
• 1 cup butter 2 sticks
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/8 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp baking soda dissolved in 4 tbsp hot water
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 cups raisins
• 4 cups quick oats

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In the bowl of a mixer, cream the sugar and butter together.
• Add eggs and vanilla extract and beat till light and fluffy.
• Add the rest of the ingredients and mix well. Drop by spoonful onto cookie sheets.
• Bake in 350 degree oven for 14 minutes until lightly browned around the edges.

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These old fashioned peanut butter cookies with their traditional crisscross pattern on top are perfect with a glass of cold milk. Soft in the middle and slightly crunchy on the outside, they practically melt in your mouth.

This is a tried and true classic recipe and will most likely become your favorite peanut butter cookie. The recipe you write down and place in your recipe box and hand down to your kids and grandkids. It’s that good! 

Ingredients Needed to Make Peanut Butter Cookies: 

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• white sugar
• brown sugar
• creamy peanut butter
• butter, I use salted butter for everything 
• eggs
• vanilla extract 
• salt
• baking powder
•  baking soda
• all purpose flour 

How to Make The Cookies:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In the bowl of a mixer, cream together the sugars, peanut butter, and butter.
• Add the eggs and vanilla extract and beat.
• Add the rest of the ingredients and beat well. 
• Shape dough into 1” balls and flatten with the palm of your hand. Use a fork to make a crisscross pattern on top of each cookie.
• Bake cookies in preheated oven for 12 minutes. The centers will be very soft and appear unbaked but they are done. They harden as they cool off. 
• This recipe makes about 3 dozen cookies depending on what size you make them. 
• Enjoy! 

I like to make these cookies nice and soft but if you prefer crunchy peanut butter cookies, just bake them for a couple minutes more and you’ve got it. 
If you love peanut butter then you would also enjoy my Peanut Butter Blossom Cookies! I always make them at Christmas time and Valentine’s Day. Peanut butter and chocolate is a winning combo every time!

Enjoy!

~Rachel Ballinger ☕️💕

“A lot of living happens in the kitchen.”    ~Rachel

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Peanut Butter Cookies

These soft and chewy peanut butter cookies are perfect with a glass of cold milk. They have the classic crisscross on top of each cookie and practically melt in your mouth.

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword Cookie, dessert, peanut butter

Prep Time 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time 12 minutes minutes

Total Time 22 minutes minutes

Servings 3 Dozen

Ingredients

• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 cup creamy peanut butter
• 3/4 cup salted butter
• 2 eggs
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

Instructions

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• In the bowl of a mixer, cream together the white and brown sugars, peanut butter, and butter until nice and fluffy.
• Add eggs and vanilla and mix. Add remaining ingredients and mix well.
• Using your hands, roll the dough into one inch balls or just scoop dough onto cookie sheet with a cookie scoop. Press flat with palm of hand. Make a criss-cross pattern on top of each cookie with a fork.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 12 minutes or until very lightly browned. They will still be soft in the middle but harden as they cool.

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