Old Fashioned Oatmeal Cookies King Arthur Flour Recipes

THE ESSENTIAL SOFT OATMEAL COOKIES (KING ARTHUR FLOUR)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350. Line cookie sheets with parchment.
• In a large bowl, cream together the butter, oil and sugar.
• Add the egg, beating until fluffy, then beat in the sour cream and vanilla.
• Stir in the raisins and oats.
• In a separate bowl, mix together the bkaing soda, cinnamon, salt and flour. Add this mixture, a cup at at ime, to the oat mixture, beating well after each addition. Stir in the nuts. Let the dough rest for 15 to 30 minutes.
• Using a tablespoon cookie scoop, drop the dough onto the cookie sheets.
• Bake the cookies for 12 minutes, or until they're golden brown.
• Remove them from the oven and transfer to a rack to cool.

OLD-FASHIONED OATMEAL COOKIES (KING ARTHUR FLOUR)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325. Line cookie sheets with parchment.
• In a large bowl, cream together the butter, shortening, brown sugar, molasses, egg and vanilla. Beat until light-colored and smooth.
• In a food processor or blender, process the oats, flour, raisins, salt and baking powder for about 30 seconds, or until both the oats and raisins are chopped, yet still in recognizable pieces.
• Beat the oat mixture into the butter mixture until smooth.
• Using a 1/4 cup measure or large cookie scoop, drop the dough on the cookie sheets, leaving 3 inches between cookies.
• Moisten your fingers and gently flatten each cookie to a 2 1/2 inch round or 1/2 inch thick.
• Bake the cookies for 18 minutes or until they're a medium golden brown.
• Remove them from the oven and let rest on the cookie sheet for 1 minute, then transfer to a rack to cool completely.
• The cookies will be soft and delicate when they come out of the oven, but will get firmer as they cool.

THE ESSENTIAL CRUNCHY OATMEAL COOKIES (KING ARTHUR FLOUR)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325. Line cookie sheets with parchment.
• In a large mixing bowl, cream together the sugars, butter, shortening, salt, baking powder, spices and vanilla, beating until smooth.
• Beat in the egg.
• Stir in the oats and flour, then the raisins and nuts.
• Drop the dough by the tablespoonful onto the prepared cookie sheets. Using the flat bottom of a drinking glass dipped in sugar, flatten each ball of dough to about 1/4 inch.
• Bake the cookes for about 20 minutes, until they're golden brown; these are supposed to be crunchy, so don't underbake them.
• Remove them from the oven and transfer to a rack to cool.

OLD-FASHIONED OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• heat oven to 375*F.
• in large mixer bowl combine all ingredients except flour and rasins.
• beat at low speed, scraping bowl often, until well mixed.
• add flour; continue beating until well mixed.
• by hand stir in raisins.
• drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls 2"in apart onto greased cookie sheets.
• bake 8 to 10 minutes or until edges are lightly browned.

OLD FASHIONED OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine butter, shortening and sugars.
• Add eggs and vanilla and beat until fluffy.
• Combine flour, salt, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves and allspice.
• Add to creamed mixture; mix to blend.
• Stir in oatmeal and raisins.
• Drop a tablespoon of dough onto cookie sheet about 2-inches apart. Cookies will spread!
• Bake at 350°F for 12-15 minutes.
• Cool for about 5 minutes on cookie sheet, then remove to a cooling rack.