Karina Jones is a real-life ranch wife in the Nebraska Sandhills and one of the most highly sought-after speakers in the cattle industry nationwide!
There are hungry spring crews to feed and well, it’s National Raisin Day, so let’s celebrate right here today on Ranch Raised!
It seems to me that most people either love or hate raisins! If given a buffet of cookie choices, I would put my money on the Oatmeal Raisin being the cookie that my husband would pick up first. And I shamelessly admit, I do not make him Oatmeal Raisin cookies nearly often enough. I do keep them in my pantry for snacking and he has our little boy holding his hand for those sweet treats! With today being a dual holiday National Raisin and National Oatmeal Raisin Cookie Day, I better share my recipe for his favorite cookies!
Cream together ¾ cup butter, softened, ¾ cup white sugar, ¾ cup packed light brown sugar, 2 large eggs, and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract until it is light and fluffy. Fold in 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour, 1 teaspoon baking soda, ¾ teaspoon ground cinnamon, ½ teaspoon salt, 2 ¾ cups rolled oats and the star of the show 1 cup raisins!
I like to chill my dough before putting it on a greased cookie sheet with a cookie scoop. Bake at 350 for around 8- 10 minutes.
I will drop this recipe on the Ranch Raised FB page and on the Your Ag Network app and website, right there in my recipe book tab!
Karina ranches with her husband, Marty, and 4 children near Broken Bow, NE. She grew up in western NE, with roots also in southwest SD. The cattle industry and raising kids is her passion.
Watching the cattle industry go the path that it has gone, she could no longer sit quietly at home checking cows, fixing fence, and doing all the everyday tasks wondering when some else was going to make it all better. As she became more active and outspoken on industry issues, she was asked to join the R-CALF USA staff in September 2020 as the Checkoff Petition Campaign manager. That position transcended into her former role as full time Field Director for R-CALF USA.
You can hear her almost every Friday on Your Ag Network’s Hot Barn Report, where she deep dives into cattle industry issues and industry reforms. Listen to Ranch Raised on a Your Ag Network hometown station or www.youragnetwork.com where she talks about her daily life on the Jones Ranch.
Cattle producers are her people. She will meet you at the county fair, at the sale barn, or anywhere the dusty trail leads.
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