Behind The Popularity Of The Oatmeal Raisin Cookie Recipe

The oatmeal raisin cookie is the icon of the Baby Boom generation, especially those who came of age in the '60s, when the previously alien concept of health food began to infiltrate the public consciousness. People started looking for ways to add fiber and grains into their diets, and the idea that a cookie could help with that was an almost irresistible lure.

And unlike many health claims that came out of the original health food craze, this one actually has some facts to back it up. There were dozens of foods that were touted as being good for everything from your heart to your charkas, the mystical energy centers of the body, and over time most of them have been either disproved or at least damped down. Such crazes continue to today, although they are more likely to be sparked over a new drug or herbal tablet that has a higher profit potential than over something anyone can make at home.
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