Chewy Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

By Maria Lichty

Updated September 19, 2023

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Classic Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

I am always in the mood for a classic cookie: chocolate chip, peanut butter, snickerdoodle, or a good sugar cookie. I also LOVE Oatmeal Raisin Cookies and this is my favorite recipe.

The cookies are soft, chewy, perfectly spiced, and filled with plump and juicy raisins. They are the BEST oatmeal raisin cookies out there. I have tried a lot, so trust me on this one.

A Family Favorite!

I know some people don’t care for raisins in their cookies, but I love them and I really think you should give these cookies a chance. I think they will surprise you!

I grew up loving oatmeal raisin cookies because my dad LOVES raisins. I love classic oatmeal cookies but my dad’s favorite are oatmeal cookies WITH raisins. My dad would always make homemade cookies for us and oatmeal raisin were always one of our favorites.

Ingredients

• Butter
• Brown Sugar
• Egg
• Vanilla Extract
• All-purpose Flour
• Baking Soda
• Cinnamon
• Nutmeg
• Salt
• Old Fashioned Oats
• Raisins

How to Make Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper or a Silpat baking mat. Set aside.
• In a small bowl add the raisins and cover with water. Let them sit for five minutes. This will help plump them up. Make sure you drain them well and let them dry out on a paper towel.
• In a large bowl, cream together the butter, brown sugar, egg and vanilla until smooth and creamy. In a separate small bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt.
• Add the dry ingredients to the butter/sugar mixture. Blend until combined. Stir in the oats and raisins.
• Spoon about a tablespoon of dough into a round ball and place on prepared baking sheet, leaving about 2-inches between each cookie.
• Bake them for 10 to 12 minutes. Take them out when they are golden at the edges but still a little under baked in the middle. Let them sit on the hot baking sheet for five minutes before transferring them to cooling rack.

Tips for Perfect Cookies

• I really like this cookie recipe because it is so soft and chewy. The butter, brown sugar, and oats make the cookies super chewy. This recipe has ALL brown sugar and no granulated sugar creating a super chewy cookie.
• To plump up the raisins, soak them in hot water before adding them to the cookie dough. Just make sure you drain then well and dry them on a paper towel so they don’t add too much moisture to the cookies.
• I use old fashioned oats for this recipe, not quick oats. I like the bigger, chewy oats!
• Good oatmeal raisin cookies need to have cinnamon and a little pinch of nutmeg. The spices give the cookies so much flavor.
• If you don’t like raisins in your cookies, I am sorry:) You can use chocolate chips instead of raisins if you must:)

This is the PERFECT recipe for Oatmeal Raisin Cookies! They are a classic and I hope you enjoy them as much as we do!

More Oatmeal Cookie Recipes

• Oatmeal Cookies
• Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
• Banana Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
• Brown Butter Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
• Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies
• Monster Cookies

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Oatmeal Raisin Cookie Recipe

These soft and chewy oatmeal raisin cookies are the BEST! Enjoy with a glass of milk!

4.66 from 140 votes

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 12 minutes mins

Cuisine American

Servings 24

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Ingredients

  

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• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 2/3 cup light brown sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 cups old fashioned oats
• 3/4 cup raisins

Instructions

 

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper or a Silpat baking mat. Set aside.
• In a small bowl add the raisins and cover with water. Let them sit for five minutes. This will help plump them up. Make sure you drain them well and let them dry out on a paper towel.
• In a large bowl, cream together the butter, brown sugar, egg and vanilla until smooth and creamy. In a separate small bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt. Add the dry ingredients to the butter/sugar mixture. Blend until combined. Stir in the oats and raisins.
• Spoon about a tablespoon of dough into a round ball and place on prepared baking sheet, leaving about 2-inches between each cookie. Bake them for 10 to 12 minutes. Take them out when they are golden at the edges but still a little under baked in the middle. Let them sit on the hot baking sheet for five minutes before transferring them to cooling rack.

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Nutrition

Calories: 107kcal, Carbohydrates: 16g, Protein: 1g, Fat: 4g, Saturated Fat: 2g, Cholesterol: 16mg, Sodium: 53mg, Potassium: 70mg, Sugar: 6g, Vitamin A: 130IU, Vitamin C: 0.2mg, Calcium: 12mg, Iron: 0.6mg

Keywords oatmeal cookies, oatmeal raisin cookies

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