When I was a tween (old enough to go to the movies by myself, but still requiring my parents’ economic assistance to do so) raisinets were my movie snack of choice. I was never a popcorn or sour patch person. I wanted raisinets.
For the record, my mom didn’t give us extra money for crap food. We got just enough for the movie tickets. So after my mom had dropped us off at the Orinda theatre, we’d quickly hit up the drug store across the street before heading into the theatre. To get candy of course. We’d stuff them in our socks – thinking we were so clever – simultaneously sneaking one past the theatre and our parents. I don’t think my mom ever found out…but I bet she’d be proud to know that I avoided the insane theatre prices.
Anyway, the point of that tangent trip down memory lane was to illustrate how much I love raisinets.
So can you imagine my delight upon opening Dreena’s latest book Let Them Eat Vegan to see this cookie recipe!
Yes please!!
I was completely certain these would be perfect since her home-style chocolate chip cookies are a staple dessert in the hippie household. Plus, Dreena’s cookie recipes are so simple and quick. From picking out the recipe to pulling them out of the oven, it took under 30 minutes. Hard to beat that.
Between two baking sheets the recipe yielded 12 cookies total.
The only tweaks I made were swapping carob chips in place of the chocolate chips (because I prefer carob chips) and adding a tbsp of steel cut oats (because I like a little crunch in my cookies).
And they turned out heavenly.
I cannot WAIT to try the rest of the recipes in this book. Dreena is just plain amazing. What she does for vegan cooking and baking is wonderful. Plus, this book has a ton of wheat and gluten free options.
I think my priority is tackling the cookie chapter first.
Do you like raisinets?
These look yummy! I thought I was the only one who loved the crunch of steel cut oats (it reminds me of a nut). Do you have any other ideas for using raw steel cut oats?
Those look delicious! I need to get my hands on that book.
I LOVE Dreena’s new book (and all her old books!)–how did I miss that recipe?? They look terrific! I’ve tried a bunch of stuff from LTEV and so far everything has come out perfectly, and perfectly delicious. 😀
Raisinets are something I recently fell in love with…especially the dark chocolates ones! They’re dangerous and I can never stop eating them! Back in the day though I was a gummy bear and milk duds lover while at the movies 🙂
I’m not a huge raisinet fan, I was definitely the sour patch girl at the theater! I loved them! Now I think I’d go with popcorn, but usually I bring snacks from home if I want anything!
i like those carob covered raisins from gary null’s. even though they give me the worst gas. the worst. so i have to eat them when i’m home alone. watching my dvr’d reality shows. with rusty. and then when kyle texts me and says he’s on his way home, i have to run around the apartment with a booklet of matches obliterating the evidence of my carob-covered-raisins binge.
i miss you so much!! xoxo
Elise, thank you for sharing this post featuring my Raisinet Cookies! I’m so pleased you liked them – and have never thought about adding a tbsp of steel cut oats for a crunch… that’s very clever!
What a treat to read this post – thank you! Your photos are lovely, and your blog is adorable. Vegan hugs! -Dreena 🙂
omg, i miss gary null’s carob covered raisins soooo badly. kyle does not. i wish i had a dog to blame gas on.
thank YOU dreena 🙂 your cookbooks are wonderful!
ill think about it…this was the first time I used them in a non-breakfast cereal dish. i bet they’d be good in granola or home-made stew/soups though.
definitely go back and find this one.
what are some of your faves?
sweet or savory? or both?
I’m actually posting many of them tomorrow on my blog, with a feature on Dreena and the book! But as a hint, of course the recipe I’m including involves chocolate. 😉
I used to be sweet only but now I’m both!
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I’m sure you did worse sneaky things than this when you were young, but it’s still hilarious to hear you ‘fess up even to this!
you mean like almost burning down the hotel room in rome??