Oatmeal Raisin Cookies - Soft and Chewy cookies with warming cinnamon, soft sweet raisins, and healthy oats. This recipe makes four dozen cookies and if they manage to last more than a day they freeze well. Shape them into hearts for your sweetie!
These cookies are really, really good. Â You should make them, even though they have raisins in them. Â Is that weird for me to say when I'm the one who created and offered you the recipe?
I am *not* a fan of raisins, especially in cookies, but I developed this recipe for my husband and my kids. Â Oatmeal Raisin Cookies are their favorite cookies (and quite possibly my least favorite). Â But even I love these cookies.
And I love them even more when I make them for myself and leave the pesky raisins out!
Do you like raisins in your cookies? Â What's your favorite cookie?
Heart Shaped Cookies
This recipe makes 4 dozen cookies when I use a 1 ½ tablespoon cookie scoop to scoop them onto the cookie sheet.  For the photos above I had pressed the scoops into a heart cookie cutter for a Valentine's Day treat.
To do this I wet my hands so the dough didn't stick. Then I flattened each cookie into circles and then gently pushed them in heart shapes.
When the cookies come out of the oven after around 10 minutes they'll still look a bit underdone. Â Just a bit. Â This way, they stay nice and chewy once they cool. Â
I let them cool on the cookie sheet for a few minutes and then move them to a wire rack. I always use two cookie sheets when I make this recipe so that I can always have a batch in the oven. I fill the empty cookie sheet once it cooks. This makes it quicker to get through all those cookies!
If four dozen seems a bit much to you, I'll let you know that they freeze wonderfully. You could also try cutting the recipe in half - all the ingredient amounts make it pretty easy to half.
Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
Equipment
- KitchenAid Stand Mixer optional
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter (at room temperature)
- 1 cup granulated white sugar
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tablespoon molasses
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 3 cups oats (I use 2 cups large flake oats and 1 cup rolled oats)
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon sea salt
- 2 cups raisins (I used sultanas, use your favorite raisin)
Instructions
- Preheat the to 350°F. Line a baking sheet with a silicone mat or parchment paper.
- Cream together butter and sugars (I use a stand mixer)
- Add eggs, molasses and vanilla extract and mix.
- In a separate bowl, combine dry ingredients. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix to combine.Mix in raisins.
- Using a 1 ½ tablespoon scoop (or two spoons), scoop dough onto a lined baking sheet, 12 per sheet.
- Flatten slightly, then bake for about 10 minutes, or until done. They will look a bit underdone and slightly glossy.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition Disclaimer
Nutritional information is an estimate. Values vary based on products used.
Fred
I'm a big oatmeal raisin cookie fan. I've made them a number of times but never have I tried it with molasses, that's creative. Thanks for sharing Jacqueline!
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Thanks Fred 🙂
Marie-Pierre
I'm due for some oatmeal biscuit! They looks so yummy! I would probably get through the whole batch within a day!
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Thanks Marie! My husband and kids get through these quick 🙂
Gloria @ Homemade & Yummy
I am like you, not a raisin fan. I can tolerate them in cookies, but usually will sub them out for cranberries or blueberries. Love the shape of this classic cookie.
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Thanks Gloria!
Aish Das-Padihari
I can gobble up a whole plate of these with some steaming coffee. great recipe.
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Thanks!
jacquee | i sugar coat it!
I'll take two dozen, please and thank you! I love oatmeal cookies, but like you, not a fan of raisins in cookies at all. A few mini chocolate chips or carob chips!!
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🙂 Thanks!
corina
In our house I'm the one who loves raising cookies and my husband doesn't! These look delicious and I love the cute heart shape!
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Thank you!
Elizabeth
Nothing beats a home made oatmeal raisin cookie, except perhaps one shaped like a love heart! How cute is this?!
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Thanks Elizabeth 🙂
Dene' V. Alexander
Nothing like relying on a good classic!! These look yummy, soft and chewy!
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Thanks!
Sarah James @ Tales From The Kitchen Shed
Your heart shaped raisin and oat cookies look so yummy and cute, I love raisins in a cookie.
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Thank you!
April
These look good! I love simple classic cookies especially oatmeal raisin.
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Me too, thanks April!
Kelly @ Kelly Lynns Sweets and Treats
I love me a good oatmeal cookie!! Yum! Pinned!
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Thanks Kelly!
Derek | Dad With A Pan
Oatmeal cookies are about the only think I'll eat raisins in, otherwise I'm with you. I can't stand them!
pipercooks
Sometimes I'll tolerate them in rice pudding too, lol