Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

As I sit here at 7am on a Saturday morning with a tea in my hand, the fire lit and debating eating an oatmeal raisin cookie that I made last night, I thought it might be a good time to write a post about them!  And eat a cookie.  It’s basically breakfast ingredients, right??

For Christmas, my husband got me a Le Creuset cookie jar!  Cute gift, since cookies are kinda my thing.  At least at Christmastime.  Little did I know, he had a plan that I should keep this cookie jar full of cookies all the time!  Sneaky.

He’s been asking for oatmeal raisin cookies for weeks!  I promised him I would make them once the jar was empty of the rice krispy treats I had made previous.  Now that report cards are done, the pressure is off, and it’s the start of the weekend, I thought that last night was the perfect night to make them!

I found this recipe over 10 years ago on a bed and breakfast site that I can no longer locate.  I have tweaked this recipe quite a bit over the years.  At Christmastime, I make these cookies, with cranberries and white chocolate chips.  They have been a long time favorite.

The original recipe is made with shortening, which I generally don’t like to bake cookies with.  I’ve tried this recipe with both salted and unsalted butter.  Either is fine.  I, honestly, don’t notice much of a difference.  In truth, I think I prefer these cookies made with salted butter.  I have also cut back on the sugar in this recipe, as I found 2 cups to be way too much.  I opted to add more brown sugar, because I like my cookies chewy.  But, if you like a crispier type of cookie, just switch the amounts of white and brown sugar.

Oatmeal Raisin Cokies

Sarah Nolan

Yields 3 Dozen Medium Cookies

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Ingredients

  

• 1 cup or 2 sticks, butter (softened at room temperature)
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3 cups quick cook oatmeal
• 2 cups raisins

Instructions

 

• Preheat oven to 350 Farenheit
• Cream butter and sugars together.
• Add the eggs and vanilla.
• Slowly add flour, baking soda and salt until combined.
• Add oatmeal and raisins until all is combined.
• With your cookie scoop, or spoon, drop cookies onto a parchment or silpat lined cookie sheet.
• Bake for 10 minutes - A medium sized cookie yields 3 dozen.
• Enjoy!