These easy oatmeal cookies are based on my tried and true chocolate chip cookies recipe. I love them with chocolate covered raisins!
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I’ve baked hundreds of dozens of cookies over the years. I consider myself more of a cook than a baker. But I love baking cookies! Surprisingly, I didn’t have an oatmeal cookie recipe published until now. I’m so pleased with how this recipe turned out.
A friend of mine recently shared that she had baked oatmeal cookies with chocolate covered raisins. Which I though was brilliant. So I tested my easy oatmeal cookies recipe with a package of Raisinets mixed in. But you are more than welcome to customize these cookies. With nuts, raisins or chocolate chips.
More cookies recipes
- Pistachio Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Coconut Key Lime Crinkle Cookies
- White Chocolate Peppermint Cookies
Ingredients for oatmeal cookie recipe
- Old-Fashioned Oats – I like the chewy texture of this type of oatmeal. But you can instead use quick cooking oats.
- Flour – One cup of all-purpose flour is needed. I have not tested this recipe with gluten-free flour.
- Leavening and Seasoning – A combination of baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, salt and vanilla extract are used in this recipe.
- Butter – One stick of salted butter. Or you could use unsalted butter, but I like a little extra salty flavor in my cookies.
- Egg – One large egg is used in this recipe.
- Sugars – A combination of both granulated sugar and brown sugar are used.
- Mix Ins – Feel free to get creative. I tested my recipe with one cup of chocolate covered raisins. But you could use instead dark chocolate chips, raisins, walnuts, butterscotch chips, or even toffee pieces.
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Using a stand mixture, cream together the butter and sugars until fluffy. If you don’t own a stand mixer, use a hand mixer and large mixing bowl.
- Add the egg and vanilla extract and beat again until combined.
- In a separate large bowl, whisk together the flour, oats, baking powder and soda, cinnamon and salt.
- Add the dry ingredients to the bowl with the wet mixture. Mix on low speed for about a minute or two until the dough is smooth and well combined.
- Then add the 1 cup of chocolate covered raisins and mix on low speed again until combined.
- Use a cookie scoop to form the cookie dough balls.
- Place the cookies onto cookie sheets lined with either silicone baking mats or parchment paper, 12 cookies per sheet.
- Bake for 10 – 12 minutes.
- Allow the cookies to cool on the pans for at least 10 minutes before transferring to a wire rack.
- For full list of ingredients, keep scrolling for my free printable recipe card.
Secrets for the best classic cookie recipes
- Use a cookie scoop so each cookie is uniform. This ensures they bake evenly.
- I use this cookie scoop every time I bake a batch of cookies.
- Line the baking sheets with silicone baking mats or parchment paper so your cookies don’t stick to the baking surface.
- Be sure and rotate your baking pans halfway through baking time. Front to back and top to bottom if you are baking two pans of cookies at a time.
- Under baking your cookies is key! My oven bakes this recipe perfectly in 10 minutes. You want your edges to barely be browned and the cookies will be very soft when you remove them from the oven.
- Allow the cookies to cool a full 10 minutes on the baking sheets.
- Transfer the cookies to a cooling rack and allow them to cool completely so they are set up and ready to enjoy.
Storage directions
Keep these cookies in a cookie tin or other type of air tight container on your counter for a few days. These also freeze well. Place them in layers in an airtight container. Be sure and separate the layer with sheets of wax paper. They will stay fresh in the freezer for up to one month.
Kitchen tools
I have been baking cookies for many years. These are my favorite, time-tested tools…
- Nordic Ware Commercial Half Sheet Pans
- Silpat Silicone Baking Mats
- OXO Medium Cookie Scoop
- Chopnotch Measuring Cups and Spoons
- OXO Bent Icing Spatula (for leveling off flour and sugar)
- OXO Cookie Spatula
Oatmeal Cookies
Equipment
- 1 Stand Mixer
Ingredients
- 1 stick salted butter
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 1/4 cup old-fashioned oats
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 cup chocolate covered raisins
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Add the butter, sugar and brown sugar to the bowl of a stand mixer. Mix on low until combined and then beat on medium speed for about 1 minute. Beat in the egg, vanilla extracts until light and fluffy.
- In a separate clean bowl, whisk together the dry ingredients - oats, flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt.
- Stop the mixer and add the oat and flour mixture. Mix on low speed until a cohesive cookie dough forms, about 1 minute.
- Then add the chocolate covered raisins (or your choice of mix-ins). Again mix on low speed until the raisins are evenly incorporated into the oatmeal cookie dough.
- Use a medium size cookie scoop (about 1 1/2 tablespoons capacity) to form 24 cookie dough balls. Place the cookies evenly spaced on baking sheets lined with Silpat baking mats or parchment paper (12 cookies per baking sheet).
- Bake the cookies for 10 - 12 minutes. I rotate the pans front to back and top rack to bottom rack halfway through baking time.
- Allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheets for 10 minutes, or until they've firmed up. Remove to a cooling rack and allow them to cool to room temperature.
- Cookies are best eaten within a day or two. If you'd like to freeze the cookies, layer them into an airtight container, separating the layers by sheets of wax paper. They will stay fresh in the freezer for up to one month.
Nutrition
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