Chewy Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
Total Time
27 minutes
Prep Time
15 minutes
Cook Time
12 minutes
Rating
4.66 out of 5 stars
(141)
Ingredients
24
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 2/3 cup light brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 cups old fashioned oats
- 3/4 cup raisins
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Preparation
Step 1
Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper or a Silpat baking mat. Set aside.
Step 2
In a small bowl add the raisins and cover with water. Let them sit for five minutes. This will help plump them up. Make sure you drain them well and let them dry out on a paper towel.
Step 3
In a large bowl, cream together the butter, brown sugar, egg and vanilla until smooth and creamy. In a separate small bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt.
Step 4
Add the dry ingredients to the butter/sugar mixture. Blend until combined. Stir in the oats and raisins.
Step 5
Spoon about a tablespoon of dough into a round ball and place on prepared baking sheet, leaving about 2-inches between each cookie.
Step 6
Bake them for 10 to 12 minutes. Take them out when they are golden at the edges but still a little under baked in the middle. Let them sit on the hot baking sheet for five minutes before transferring them to cooling rack.
Step 7
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Chef's notes
I really like this cookie recipe because it is so soft and chewy. The butter, brown sugar, and oats make the cookies super chewy. This recipe has ALL brown sugar and no granulated sugar creating a super chewy cookie.
To plump up the raisins, soak them in hot water before adding them to the cookie dough. Just make sure you drain then well and dry them on a paper towel so they don’t add too much moisture to the cookies.
I use old fashioned oats for this recipe, not quick oats. I like the bigger, chewy oats!
Good oatmeal raisin cookies need to have cinnamon and a little pinch of nutmeg. The spices give the cookies so much flavor.
If you don’t like raisins in your cookies, I am sorry:
) You can use chocolate chips instead of raisins if you must
