Soft Oatmeal Raisin Cookies Recipe

There is nothing like taking a bite into soft oatmeal raisin cookies, especially if they have just come out of the oven.

Each bite that you take is soft and somewhat chewy. And the flavor of the oatmeal cookie paired with raisins that you find in every bite gives you a great variety of texture and flavor!

So I always wonder why I don’t make these classic cookies more often. They are not only delicious, but they are extremely easy to make as well.

But it seems like I forget about making them until the Christmas baking season arrives. Then I when I pull out the oatmeal to make our famous Chocolate Peanut Butter No Bake Cookies, I always see a recipe on the canister for oatmeal cookies.

Then I am reminded that I should make this recipe as well. Although my recipe is a little different than the one posted on the package.

However, that is because I prefer a softer cookie. And the one that is listed, tends to lead to a more crunchy cookie. Both are delicious, it just depends on how you like the texture to turn out once they are baked.

Soft Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

*A full printable recipe card is located at the bottom of the page.

Ingredients Required

• Butter
• White & Brown Sugar
• Eggs
• Vanilla Extract
• All Purpose Flour
• Baking Soda
• Salt
• Rolled Oats
• Raisins or Craisins

Instructions

Just like with any cookie recipe, start making your soft oatmeal raisin cookies by bringing the butter to room temperature. Once it is nice and soft, add the butter, white sugar and brown sugar to a large mixing bowl and beat until light and fluffy.

One of the biggest mistakes that many novice bakers make is that they don’t cream the butter and sugar mixture long enough. When I use my KitchenAid stand mixer, I use the paddle attachment and mix on medium-high speed for about 4 minutes.

Then when the mixture is nice and fluffy, add the eggs, one at a time until each one is incorporated. *I prefer to use room temperature eggs, although this is not absolutely necessary.

Next add the vanilla and mix one more time, scraping down the sides of the bowl as necessary. Set the mixture aside and gather your dry ingredients.

Prepare the Dry Ingredients

In another large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, salt and rolled oats. It is important here to use rolled oats and not quick oats to achieve that soft and chewy consistency when the cookies are baked.

Now slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients. Mix on low speed until the flour and oat mixture becomes somewhat incorporated.Then continue to mix on medium speed until the dry ingredients are completely mixed with the wet ingredients.

Now it is time to stir in the raisins. I find it best to mix in 1/3 cup of raisins at a time rather than dumping the entire amount in at once. That way the raisins can adhere to the oatmeal raisin cookie dough rather than to each other.

Once everything is mixed together it is time to form you dough balls!

Prepare To Bake

Using a medium size cookie scoop, place dough balls on a parchment paper lined baking sheet. Leave about 2 inches between each cookie dough ball.

Bake in a preheated oven for no longer than 9 minutes. WARNING – the cookies will look undercooked. However, once you remove them from the oven, they continue to sit on the hot baking sheet for 5 – 10 minutes.

This allows the cookies to continue baking a bit but without becoming hard and crunchy. You will also notice that they will also continue to brown a little while they are resting.

After the 5 – 10 minutes are up, carefully transfer the soft oatmeal raisin cookies to a cooling rack. Allow them to completely cool before storing them in an air-tight container.

These cookies can be stored at room temperature, in the refrigerator or in the freezer.

Enjoy!

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