The Best Oatmeal Cookies Recipes

BEST EVER OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F.
• Combine all ingredients except flour in bowl. Beat at low speed, scraping bowl often, until well mixed. Stir in flour until well mixed.
• Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls, 2 inches apart, onto lightly greased cookie sheets. Bake 8-12 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Let stand 1 minute; remove from cookie sheet.

SOFT OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, cream together butter, white sugar, and brown sugar. Beat in eggs one at a time, then stir in vanilla. Combine flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon; stir into the creamed mixture. Mix in oats. Cover, and chill dough for at least one hour.
• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets. Roll the dough into walnut sized balls, and place 2 inches apart on cookie sheets. Flatten each cookie with a large fork dipped in sugar.
• Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

THE VERY BEST OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Cream together shortening and sugars.
• Add eggs and vanilla, beat well.
• Sift together flour, salt and soda.
• Add to creamed mixture.
• Stir in oats slowly.
• Mix well. Add nuts, chips or raisins, if desired. Dough will be fairly stiff.
• Drop by heaping tablespoon on lightly greased cookie sheet. (I use a 4 teaspoon cookie scoop and press them down slightly before baking).
• Bake for 8-10 minutes.

THE BEST OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine the eggs, raisins, and vanilla. Cover and chill for 1 hour.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a medium bowl, cream together the butter, brown sugar, and white sugar. In a separate bowl, combine the flour, salt, cinnamon and baking soda; add to the creamed mixture and stir until all of the dry ingredients are absorbed. Next, stir in the egg and raisin mixture, then stir in the rolled oats and pecans. Dough will be stiff. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto an unprepared cookie sheet.
• Bake for 10 to 12 minutes in the preheated oven, until the edges are golden. Allow cookies to cool 5 minutes on the baking sheet before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

THE BEST OATMEAL COOKIES - CHEWY + CRISPY

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• In a large bowl with an electric mixer, blend granulated sugar, brown sugar and butter until light and fluffy. You can also use an electric stand mixer if you have one.
• Next, add in the vanilla, eggs and milk and blend until fully incorporated.
• Add in the baking soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon and mix until fully incorporated.
• Next, add in the flour and mix until fully incorporated.
• Add in your oatmeal and mix until combined.
• At this point, you can either add in optional ingredients like raisins or chocolate chips if you'd like. 1 - 1 1/2 cups of either is perfect, if using both, split the amount added between them. If you just like plain oatmeal cookies like me, you can go to next step!
• On cookie sheets lined with parchment paper, drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls - (see notes). Bake for 10-11 minutes or until light golden brown.
• Cool for 1-2 minutes before removing from cookie sheets to cooling racks.

CHEWY GOOD OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in the eggs, honey and vanilla. In another bowl, mix the oats, flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon; gradually beat into creamed mixture. Stir in the remaining ingredients., Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls 2 in. apart onto greased baking sheets. Bake 10-12 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on pan 2 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool.

BEST OATMEAL RAISIN COOKIES EVER

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Mix the flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon together in a large bowl.
• Beat the butter and sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth. Add the eggs one at a time, allowing each egg to blend into the butter mixture before adding the next. Mix in the flour mixture until just incorporated. Fold in the oats and raisins; mixing just enough to evenly combine. Drop spoonfuls of the dough 2 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheets.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, 10 to 12 minutes. Cool in the pans for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.

WORLD'S BEST OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• In a large bowl, mix together the shortening, white sugar and brown sugar until smooth. Stir in the egg and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; stir into the batter until blended. Mix in oats and walnuts. Drop by teaspoonfuls, 1 inch apart, onto greased cookie sheet.
• Bake for 12 minutes or until lightly browned. Immediately remove cookies to wire racks and allow to cool.

OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line rimmed 18 by 13-inch baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mats.
• In a mixing bowl whisk together flour, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder and salt for 20 seconds, set aside.
• In the bowl of an electric stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment cream together butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar until combined.
• Mix in one egg, then blend in second egg and vanilla.
• Add flour mixture and mix just until combined then mix in oats, raisins and walnuts.
• Scoop dough out and shape into 1 1/2-inch balls (or 40 grams each), transfer to prepared baking sheet fitting 12 per sheet and spacing 2-inches apart.
• Bake in preheated oven until golden brown on edges and nearly set (center should look under-baked), about 12 - 14 minutes.
• Let cool on baking sheet for a few minutes then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. Repeat with remaining dough.
• Store in an airtight container at room temperature.

OATMEAL RAISIN COOKIES

Steps:

• In stand mixer cream the butter and sugar together about 2 minutes until fluffy.
• Add eggs and vanilla and beat until combined.
• In separate bowl whisk flour, baking soda, sea salt, and cinnamon together.
• Turn mixer to low and slowly add flour mixture into butter mixture until combined.
• Slowly add in oats and mix until evenly incorporated.
• Finally add in raisins and white chips and stir until mixed in.
• Let dough chill for at least 2 hours (overnight is best).
• When ready to bake preheat oven to 350°. Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Using a medium cookie scoop, portion out the dough and place 2 inches apart on baking sheet.
• Bake for 9-11 minutes until golden around edges, but still soft in center. Do not over-bake!!
• Let cool on baking sheet for 3 minutes and transfer to cooling rack.

HOW TO MAKE THE BEST OATMEAL

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a medium-to-large saucepan over medium heat. Once melted, add the oats and stir to coat. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the oats smell toasty and some are starting to turn lightly golden, about 4 to 6 minutes.
• Pour the water and milk into the pot, being careful to avoid splatters. Add the salt and cinnamon, if desired. Stir to evenly incorporate the oats, then watch the pot until the mixture is bubbling rapidly around the edges. Continue cooking until the bubbles expand a couple of inches toward the center of the pot, about 3 minutes in total.
• Cover the pot and turn off the heat. If using an electric cooktop, move the pot to a cool burner. If using a gas cooktop, leave it be. Either way, let the covered pot rest for 7 minutes.
• When the timer's up, remove the lid to check on the oats. The oats are done when they appear slightly dry and separated on top, with very little moisture remaining at the bottom of the pot. If it's still too wet, recover the pot and let it rest for 1 to 2 minutes more. Serve as desired.
• Leftover oatmeal will keep for about 4 days. Let the oats cool to room temperature, then cover and refrigerate.

THE BEST OATMEAL RAISIN COOKIES RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F, grease two large baking sheets.
• Soak raisins in cold water (10-15 min ideally)
• If you are using a mixer, add the butter to the mixer and beat until creamy. Otherwise, use a large mixing bowl to beat the butter.
• Add brown and white sugar to the mix, beat for a few minutes, until fluffy.
• Add eggs, and mix well. Add vanilla extract, mix well.
• In a separate medium bowl mix the dry ingredients: flour, salt, baking soda.
• Stir the dry ingredients into the mixer with the sugar and eggs mixture.
• Drain the raisins and stir in.
• Add the walnuts and mix well.
• Stir in the oats and mix well.
• Use a spoon to scoop the cookie dough onto the greased baking sheets. Leave some space between each of the cookies.
• Put in the oven and bake for 18-20 minutes depending on cookie size. They will come out looking soft but they will firm up as they cool down.
• Once they are out of the oven, let them cool for a minute and transfer them to a wire rack to cool completely.
• ENJOY

THE BEST OATMEAL CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• To the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment (or large mixing bowl and electric mixer) combine the egg, butter, sugars, vanilla, and beat on medium-high speed until creamed and well combined, about 4 minutes.
• Stop, scrape down the sides of the bowl, and add the oats, flour, cinnamon, baking soda, optional salt, and beat on low speed until just combined, about 1 minute.
• Stop, scrape down the sides of the bowl, and add the chocolate chips, optional raisins or nuts, and beat on low speed until just combined, about 30 seconds.
• Using a large cookie scoop, 1/4-cup measure, or your hands, form approximately 11 equal-sized mounds of dough, roll into balls, and flatten slightly. Tip - Strategically place a few chocolate chips on top of each mound of dough by taking chips from the underside and adding them on top.
• Place mounds on a large plate or tray, cover with plasticwrap, and refrigerate for at least 2 hours, up to 5 days. Do not bake with unchilled dough because cookies will bake thinner, flatter, and be more prone to spreading.
• Preheat oven to 350F, line a baking sheet with a Silpat or spray with cooking spray. Place dough mounds on baking sheet, spaced at least 2 inches apart (I bake 8 cookies per sheet).
• Bake for about 11 minutes (for super soft cookies, longer for more well-done cookies), or until edges have set and tops are just set, even if slightly undercooked, pale, and glossy in the center; don't overbake. Cookies firm up as they cool.
• Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for about 10 minutes before serving. I let them cool on the baking sheet and don't use a rack.

OATMEAL CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
• In a large mixing bowl, beat together butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar until combined.
• Beat eggs and vanilla extract into butter/sugar mixture until batter is fluffy.
• In a small bowl, combine dry ingredients: flour, rolled oats, salt, baking soda, and baking powder.
• Add dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and beat to combine fully.
• Mix in all of the chocolate chips.
• Cover the bowl with a piece of plastic wrap and chill in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
• Scoop chilled cookie dough with a medium cookie scoop and space dough 1 ½" apart on prepared cookie sheets.
• Press dough down just slightly on the top. The cookies will not spread or change shape too much during cooking, but pressing them down a bit will help them cook evenly and form a nice shape.
• Bake for about 10 minutes until cookies are set in the center.
• Cool for 2-3 minutes on a cookie sheet and then remove to a cooling rack to cool.
• Serve warm or cool.

THE BEST OATMEAL RAISIN COOKIES

Steps:

• Arrange an oven rack in the center of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees F. Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Whisk together the flour, salt, baking soda and cinnamon in a small bowl until combined. Beat the brown sugar and butter in a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add the honey, vanilla, egg and 1 tablespoon warm water and beat on high speed until creamy, scraping the sides and bottom of the bowl, about 3 minutes more. Add the dry ingredients and mix on low speed, scraping the bowl as needed, until completely combined. Add the oats and beat on low speed until combined. Fold in the raisins until evenly distributed. Arrange twelve 1-ounce scoops (2-tablespoon portions) of cookie dough on the prepared baking sheet, leaving about 2 inches between each. Bake until the cookies are lightly golden around the edges, 15 to 20 minutes. Cool on the sheet for 10 minutes, and then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. Let the baking sheet cool, and then repeat with the remaining cookie dough.