Chewy Oatmeal Cookies
Fall in love with this soft and chewy Oatmel Cookie Recipe made with old fashioned oats and raisins. You'll love how simple and easy this homemade cookie is.
Ingredients
- ½ cup butter softened
- ¾ cup brown sugar dark or light
- 2 Tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1 egg + 1 egg yolk at room temperature for best results
- 1 Tablespoon vanilla
- 1 ¼ cups flour
- ¾ teaspoon baking soda
- ¾ teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 ½ cups rolled oats
- 1 cup raisins or chocolate chips or other, see notes below
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350° F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer or with a mixing bowl and electric mixer, beat together the butter and sugars together on high until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add the egg, egg yolk and vanilla and beat until well combined, about a minute. Add the flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt and mix on low just until combined. Add the oats and raisins and mix on low just until combined.
- Spoon dough onto the parchment lined baking sheet, with dough balls about 1 ½ Tablespoons big. Bake for 10-12 minutes until the edges are set and the tops have just turned matte. Remove from the oven and allow to cool on the baking sheet for at least 5 minutes before moving to a cooling rack. Enjoy!
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Notes
- The butter should not be so soft that it is mushy. It should be soft enough that you can make an indent in it when you push your finger in it but not mush.
- I love making these with dark brown sugar for that richer flavor. These also taste amazing with light brown sugar.
- Eggs at room temperature make the best texture for cookies! If you forgot to get your eggs out to bring them to room temperature, simply place them in a bowl with hot water for about 2 minutes.
- We love these cookies with craisins, walnuts, chocolate chips, white chips, peanut butter chips and more. Feel free to get creative and combine different add ins like what chocolate craisin. Your total amount of add ins should not exceed 2 cups for a fully loaded cookie or 1 ½ cups for a loaded cookie.
- The secret for that chewy amazing texture that we love? Simply follow this recipe and directions and MAKE SURE to not over bake the cookies! These cookies don't appear done when they are done. The edges should not be golden and they shouldn't look completely cooked on top (but almost!). As soon as the edges have set and the tops are mostly matte, they are done.
- These cookies are actually best enjoyed fully cooled! Many cookies are perfection hot out of the oven, but our taste testers enjoyed these more when fully cooled.
Nutrition
Serving: 1cookieCalories: 132kcalCarbohydrates: 21gProtein: 2gFat: 5gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.4gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0.2gCholesterol: 24mgSodium: 122mgPotassium: 92mgFiber: 1gSugar: 8gVitamin A: 138IUVitamin C: 0.3mgCalcium: 15mgIron: 1mg
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