Oatmeal Recipe – Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

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Oatmeal Recipe – Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

Oatmeal Recipes Continued… in honor of one of my favorite oatmeal companies, Quaker Oats, giving $50,000 to end hunger in the US, I am sharing some of my fav oat recipes…

This is the recipe on the inside of the top of the Oatmeal… it really is the best one!

Vanishing Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

Ingredients
  • 1/2  cup (1 stick) plus 6 tablespoons butter, softened
  • 3/4  cup firmly packed brown sugar
  • 1/2  cup granulated sugar
  • 2  eggs
  • 1  teaspoon vanilla
  • 1-1/2  cups all-purpose flour
  • 1  teaspoon baking soda
  • 1  teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/2  teaspoon salt (optional)
  • 3  cups Quaker® Oats (quick or old fashioned, uncooked)
  • 1  cup raisins

Preparation

Heat oven to 350°F. In large bowl, beat butter and sugars on medium speed of electric mixer until creamy. Add eggs and vanilla; beat well. Add combined flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt; mix well. Add oats and raisins; mix well.
Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets.
Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool 1 minute on cookie sheets; remove to wire rack. Cool completely. Store tightly covered.
Notes: I generally double, if not triple, the amount of cinnamon I use – and I know to add a little nutmeg as well. Or – you can use 2 tsp of apple pie spice.
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