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My oatmeal raisin cookies are deliciously chewy with crunchy edges, plenty of raisins and chewy oats and a light cinnamon flavour to bring everything together. Perfect on its own, warm or cold, or dunked in a glass of milk! Yum! Recipe by movers and bakers
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Old Fashioned Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

Ultimate comfort with these Old Fashioned Oatmeal Raisin Cookies! They are perfectly chewy in the middle with beautifully crisp edges. Crammed with hearty rolled oats, juicy raisins, and a hint of warm cinnamon. Perfect for lunchboxes or dunking in a cold glass of milk, they are the best homely oatmeal cookies you'll ever bake!
Servings 12 servings
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Chill time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 30 minutes

Ingredients

  • 115 g (½ cup) unsalted butter
  • 100 g (½ cup) brown sugar
  • 50 g (¼ cup) caster sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 110 g (¾ cup + 1 tbsp) plain (all purpose) flour
  • 2 tsp cornflour (cornstarch)
  • 0.5 tsp cinnamon
  • 0.5 tsp baking powder
  • 0.5 tsp salt
  • 150 g (1 ½ cups) rolled oats
  • 140 g (1 cup + 1 tbsp) raisins
  • 1 large egg

Instructions

  • Line a baking tray with parchment paper and set it aside.
  • In a large mixing bowl, cream together butter and sugars until smooth and paler. Add in vanilla and mix through. Sift in the flour, cornflour, cinnamon, baking powder and salt. Mix until the mixture is evenly combined and is damp but not clumping. Stir in the oats and raisins, then tip in the egg and mix until the mixture is starting to clump together.
  • Divide the mixture into twelve cookie dough balls. Arrange them on the prepared baking tray and press them down to flatten a little. Place the tray in the fridge for at least 30 minutes (I prefer a couple of hours) before baking. You can freeze them at this stage too if you wish, to bake another day.
  • When you are ready to bake, prepare another baking sheet with some parchment paper and preheat the oven to 180C/350F. Place the cookies spaced apart to allow for spreading during baking. I get four to a tray for when I am baking them.
  • Place the tray in the hot oven and bake the cookies for 10-12 minutes until the edges are turning golden and crisp. Pull the tray out of the oven and leave the cookies to cool completely on the tray. Once cool, remove from the tray and store in an airtight container. Enjoy!

Notes

  • Ensure the butter used is at room temperature. For no other reason than it will make it soooo much easier to beat it together with the sugars at the start of this recipe!
  • This oatmeal raisin cookies recipe easy can certainly be made by hand too, if you do not have an electric mixer. Just make sure the butter is nice and soft and cream it together with the sugars as best you can.
  • The cookie dough for the best ever oatmeal raisin cookies is a little softer and stickier than my usual cookie dough. This is fine, the cookies will be perfect once baked.
  • Flatten the cookie dough balls slightly once divided but before chilling. This will make it easier than trying to do it once the chewy oatmeal raisin cookies recipes has been chilled and firmed up.
  • For perfectly round baked cookies, do the cookie scoot! Quite simply, as soon as the best raisin oatmeal cookies are out of the oven, use an upturned glass or round cutter to smooth off the edges of each one, making it more rounded again.
    • Author: Andrea
    Calories: 342kcal
    Course: Dessert
    Cuisine: American, British
    Keyword: Chewy Oatmeal and Raisin Biscuits, Chilling Cookie Dough for Thickness, Cinnamon Oatmeal Raisin Cookies, Cornflour for Tender Cookies, Old Fashioned Oatmeal Raisin Cookies, Packed with Hearty Rolled Oats, The "Cookie Scoot" Method

    Nutrition

    Calories: 342kcal