Oatmeal Cookies

[MulanUSAF]

Looks like others have beat me to posting the Quaker oatmeal raisin cookie recipe.

Sometimes, I use Craisins instead of regular raisins.

Once I refrigerated the oatmeal Craisin dough, formed it into little balls and rolled it in chopped pecans. Then I melted some white chocolate chips and drizzled that over the cookies after it's baked. Finished it off with a sprinkling of toasted coconut shreds. The whole platter sold for $85 at the cookie auction for the pediatric brain tumor foundation after I gave out some samples.

 

[DisneyBamaFan]

I use cinnamon chips AND raisins in my oatmeal cookies.

My MiL does, too. They are awesome.

 

[lovesmurfs]

I could never get the Quaker recipe to be chewy for me. After many, MANY trials and errors over 20 years, I found one from Allrecipes, and DH (the oatmeal cookie connoisseur) has declared this THE recipe:

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Excellent-Oatmeal-Cookies/Detail.aspx

I do add raisins. Don't know how much, just until the batter "looks" right.

Ingredients
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon salt
3 cups quick cooking oats
1 cup chopped walnuts

Directions
1.Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).

2.In a large bowl, cream together butter, brown sugar, and white sugar until fluffy. Beat in eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon; stir into the creamed mixture. Mix in oats and nuts until just blended. Drop by heaping teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets. Cookies should be at least 2 inches apart.

3.Bake for about 12 minutes in the preheated oven. Cool cookies on a wire rack.

 

[Hannathy]

I could never get the Quaker recipe to be chewy for me. After many, MANY trials and errors over 20 years, I found one from Allrecipes, and DH (the oatmeal cookie connoisseur) has declared this THE recipe:

I never could either so you are not alone. I'm going to try your recipe! I love soft cookies.

 

[Becky27]

I found this oatmeal cookie recipe by accident one day and decided to try it. The cookies were wonderful. They are soft cookies. I make them with chocolate chips or raisins, depending on who they are for. Merry Christmas everyone! http://www.kraftrecipes.com/recipes/oatmeal-raisin-cookies-54270.aspx

 

[lovesmurfs]

I never could either so you are not alone. I'm going to try your recipe! I love soft cookies.

I do use real butter in baking them. Hope they turn out for you! I'm making a batch Saturday.

 

[Hannathy]

I do use real butter in baking them. Hope they turn out for you! I'm making a batch Saturday.

Me to I always use butter. Your finished product will only be as good as the ingredients you use in it.

 

[ClarabelleCowFan]

I make oatmeal butterscotch cookies that everyone raves over and they are incredibly easy. They turn out nice and chewy every time. Just use the Betty Crocker pouch oatmeal cookie mix (lazy but sooo good) with REAL butter but don't mix in the butterscotch chips into the mix. Spoon the dough onto the cookie sheet then press the chips into the dough individually. This keeps the chips from touching the cookie sheet and burning (burnt butterscotch chips are horribly bitter).

 

[Wishing on a star]

If one wants a softer cookie, butter crisps more than most margarines or vegetable shortening (hydrogenated)....

I, too, only want to use 'the best'... real butter.... (and I like a more tender-crisp cookie)

But I just wanted to throw this out there.

Maybe half each????????

 

[Wishing on a star]

Looks like others have beat me to posting the Quaker oatmeal raisin cookie recipe.

Sometimes, I use Craisins instead of regular raisins.

Once I refrigerated the oatmeal Craisin dough, formed it into little balls and rolled it in chopped pecans. Then I melted some white chocolate chips and drizzled that over the cookies after it's baked. Finished it off with a sprinkling of toasted coconut shreds. The whole platter sold for $85 at the cookie auction for the pediatric brain tumor foundation after I gave out some samples.

This sounds just spectacular and festive!
I must try this!

All bow before the cookie queen!!!!

 

[PixieDustandEeyore]

Well Update:
I did the quaker oats recipe... and they came out beautiful big, beautifully round and chewy! I hope they make it under the person's tree as a present!

 

[NAB]

If you use chocolate chips use less then raisins!! If you use the same amount they won't stick together well because there will to many.

I use the recipe off the quick oats bag too and it says to use 1 cup chips instead of 1 1/2 raisins

If you want chewy ones leave in a mound and take out a minute or two earlier like chocolate chip cookies , you want them soft take them out sooner. If you want crisp cookies flatten the cookie.


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[PixieDustandEeyore]

If you use chocolate chips use less then raisins!! If you use the same amount they won't stick together well because there will to many.

I use the recipe off the quick oats bag too and it says to use 1 cup chips instead of 1 1/2 raisins

If you want chewy ones leave in a mound and take out a minute or two earlier like chocolate chip cookies , you want them soft take them out sooner. If you want crisp cookies flatten the cookie.


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I did half choc. chips half raisins it was pretty good

 

[NAB]

I did half choc. chips half raisins it was pretty good

In the same cookie? Or half a batch.

I love these cookies but they go fast.

 

[lizbaby007]

I use to have the same problem. I know a lot of people like to make from scratch but the best oatmeal raisin cookies I ever had were made from a pre-done mix by betty crocker!

I was seriously craving some oatmeal raisin cookies one night so my boyfriend stopped and picked up a mix on the way home from work. I was so bummed when he handed it to me. For one thing it was PLAIN oatmeal and for another it was just a mix.

He was like "lets just give it a try and doctor it a bit." So we made the mix like it said on the bag then added some raisins, chocolate chips, coconut flakes and some pecans. We ended up with the BEST DARN COOKIES I have ever tasted

I'm not even sure it really tastes like an oatmeal cookie but it is my favorite all time go to cookie recipe

I will have to try the recipe listed here. It has been a long time since I have had a good old-fashion oatmeal cookie.

 

[bicker]

The best oatmeal cookies that I have ever tasted used cinnamon chips instead of raisins or chocolate chips.

My wife and I baked several dozen cinnamon chip oatmeal walnut cookies this weekend, and each took half of the batch to work on Monday. She put her's out at 9am and they were gone by 11am. I put mine out at 12:45pm and they were gone by 2pm.

They are wicked good.

 

[Tanbellisima]

My wife and I baked several dozen cinnamon chip oatmeal walnut cookies this weekend, and each took half of the batch to work on Monday. She put her's out at 9am and they were gone by 11am. I put mine out at 12:45pm and they were gone by 2pm.

They are wicked good.

Aaahhh the cookie monster inside of me is calling! I need some of your delicious oatmeal cinnamon cookies!!!!!!!!

I put a coup of oatbran, extra oats, a can of sweetened condensed milk to my oatmeal cookies and toffe bits. I eyeball the extra oats for consistency. Just sharing because you all sound like you have delicious recipes.

 

[Tanbellisima]

If one wants a softer cookie, butter crisps more than most margarines or vegetable shortening (hydrogenated)....

I, too, only want to use 'the best'... real butter.... (and I like a more tender-crisp cookie)

But I just wanted to throw this out there.

Maybe half each????????

You can use applesauce and butter combo which is very yummy. You can skip the margarine because the applesauce will make the cookie soft and the butter crisps it up. It works but you might have to add a little more oat for thickness depending on how thin your applesauce is.

 

[DisneyBamaFan]

My wife and I baked several dozen cinnamon chip oatmeal walnut cookies this weekend, and each took half of the batch to work on Monday. She put her's out at 9am and they were gone by 11am. I put mine out at 12:45pm and they were gone by 2pm.

They are wicked good.

We have made all of our cookies but these (MiL had our cinnamon chips). We are making them tomorrow. I am going to see if she is willing to add walnuts. That sounds awesome!

 

[Tanbellisima]

We have made all of our cookies but these (MiL had our cinnamon chips). We are making them tomorrow. I am going to see if she is willing to add walnuts. That sounds awesome!

That does sound awesome. I saw the more nuts the merrier! Yummy! Let us know how they turn out.