These oatmeal raisin chocolate chip cookies are a classic old-fashioned treat -- just like Grandmother made them! They're easy to make, simply mix and bake!
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword chocolate chip, cookies, oatmeal
Prep Time 15 minutesminutes
Cook Time 30 minutesminutes
cooling time 1 hourhour45 minutesminutes
Total Time 2 hourshours30 minutesminutes
Servings 36cookies
Calories 134kcal
Author Sara Garska
Equipment
mixing bowl
mixing spoon
Cookie sheet or pan
Ingredients
Dry Ingredients
2cupsflour
1 1/4 cupssugar
3 cupsrolled oats
1teaspoonbaking powder
1/2teaspoonbaking soda
1 teaspoonsalt
1teaspooncinnamon
Goodies
1cupraisins(or other dried fruit)
1/2 cuppecans(or other chopped nuts)
Wet Ingredients
1cupoil
2eggs
1/2cupmilk
Instructions
Preheat oven to 375°F.
Mix all the dry ingredients with a spoon.
Add the wet ingredients and stir until everything is mixed thoroughly.
Scoop cookie dough onto a prepared cookie sheet.
Bake for 10 to 14 minutes, depending on size of cookie. Tablespoon-sized cookies like we made will take about 13-14 minutes.
When the cookies are lightly brown on top, remove from oven and transfer to wire rack to cool.
Store in an airtight container.
Notes
Tips for Making the Best Oatmeal Cookies
Flour: The recipe calls for all-purpose flour. For this batch, I used Bob’s gluten-free flour and loved the results.Oats: Use old-fashioned, whole, or rolled oats. Do NOT use quick, instant, or steel cut oats.Goodies: I used raisins, pecans, and chocolate chips. Other ideas are dried cranberries and walnuts. The original recipe calls for 1 ½ cups of these add-ins. I bumped it up to 2 cups because the goodies are what I love the most about these cookies.Size: You can make them whatever size you want. Just do all on the pan the same size. The batch in the pictures are about 2 tablespoons each and took 14 minutes to bake.Oil: This recipe just said “oil.” Since I don’t use canola or vegetable oils, I used a “light-tasting” olive oil. This didn’t affect the taste at all since it doesn’t have the smell or taste of regular olive oil.Shaping the cookies: Because the dough is loose and doesn’t stick tight together, these cookies are not uniform in shape. This is fine and part of their charm. The little pieces that stick out, get crunchy and delicious.