Name: Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
Cook time: 11 min
Total time: 11 min
Yield: 55
Ingredients: 3 large eggs; 1 cup raisins; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 16 Tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature; 1 cup packed brown sugar; 1 cup granulated sugar; 2 - 1/2 cups flour; 2 teaspoons baking soda; 1 teaspoon cinnamon; 1 teaspoon salt; 2 cups old-fashioned oatmeal

Have you ever had the best oatmeal raisin cookies? I’ve had a lot of oatmeal raisin cookies and the raisins were hard, dry, and chewy. Well, there is a secret to making these cookies! As I consider making oatmeal raisin cookies, I wonder about soaking the raisins first. After doing some research, numerous websites suggest covering the raisins with hot water and soaking them for anywhere from 10 minutes to an hour. I’ve used this process before for adding raisins to cake batter.

How To Make The Best Oatmeal Raisin Cookies — Soak the raisins in eggs and vanilla

A couple of sites suggested beating the eggs and vanilla together, then, soaking the raisins in the egg-vanilla mixture for one hour. I have never heard this before! Have you? Well, of course, I had to try this. The family loves these cookies! They are the best oatmeal raisin cookies we have ever had!

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Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

Ingredients:

3 large eggs 1 cup raisins 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 16 Tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature 1 cup packed brown sugar 1 cup granulated sugar 2 – 1/2 cups flour 2 teaspoons baking soda 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1 teaspoon salt 2 cups old-fashioned oatmeal

Directions:

Whisk the eggs and vanilla in a small bowl. Stir in the raisins, cover, and let soak for at least one hour.

Preheat the oven to 350°

Cream the softened butter, white sugar, and brown sugar together with a spoon, making sure there are no lumps of brown sugar.

Mix the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt in a separate bowl.

Then, add to the butter-sugar mixture and mix well.

At this point, you are wondering about this process and if it will work… I did, too, but it will all come together and make a nice dough. Keep going!

Next, mix in the raisin, egg, and vanilla mixture. Just use a wooden spoon to pull the dough up and press it down as you turn the bowl.

Then, mix in the oatmeal using the same process.

With a 1-1/2 inch ice-cream scoop, drop dough onto a cookie sheet and bake in a 350° oven for 8 – 11 minutes until the cookies are just beginning to brown. The cookies are perfect at 11 minutes in my oven. Remove from the oven and let rest on the hot cookie sheet for a couple of minutes. They will continue to bake. Don’t leave them in the oven too long! Remove from cookie sheet to a cooling rack and allow to completely cool. The recipe makes 55 cookies.

Recipe

55 cookies

Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

Cook Time: 11 minutes

Total Time: 11 minutes

Ingredients

3 large eggs
1 cup raisins
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
16 Tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 cup packed brown sugar
1 cup granulated sugar
2 - 1/2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon salt
2 cups old-fashioned oatmeal

Instructions

Whisk the eggs and vanilla in a small bowl. Stir in the raisins, cover, and let soak for at least one hour.

Preheat the oven to 350°

Cream the softened butter, white sugar, and brown sugar together with a spoon, making sure there are no lumps of brown sugar.

Mix the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt in a separate bowl.

Then, add to the butter-sugar mixture and mix well.

Next, mix in the raisin, egg, and vanilla mixture. Just use a wooden spoon to pull the dough up and press it down as you turn the bowl.

Then, mix in the oatmeal using the same process.

With a 1-1/2 inch ice-cream scoop, drop dough onto a cookie sheet and bake in a 350° oven for 8 – 11 minutes until the cookies are just beginning to brown.

Remove from the oven and let rest on the hot cookie sheet for a couple of minutes. They will continue to bake.

Remove from cookie sheet to a cooling rack and allow to completely cool.

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