Description
Classic oatmeal raisin cookies offer sweet comfort with perfectly balanced flavors. Hearty rolled oats and plump raisins create a nostalgic treat that welcomes you into grandma’s warm kitchen.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients:
- 1 ½ cups whole rolled oats
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- ¾ cup raisins
- ¾ cup packed brown sugar
Wet Ingredients:
- ½ cup coconut oil or unsalted butter, melted
- 1 large egg
- 1 large egg yolk
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Dry Spices and Leavening Agents:
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon sea salt
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
Optional Add-in:
- ½ cup chopped walnuts
Instructions
- Heat the oven to 350°F (177°C) and line two baking sheets with parchment paper, ensuring a non-stick surface for perfect cookie placement.
- In a spacious mixing bowl, sift together all-purpose flour, baking soda, baking powder, ground cinnamon, and a pinch of salt until uniformly blended.
- In a separate large bowl, cream melted coconut oil or unsalted butter with rich brown sugar until the mixture becomes smooth and slightly fluffy.
- Incorporate a whole egg and an additional egg yolk into the fat and sugar mixture, then gently stir in pure vanilla extract until ingredients are fully integrated.
- Slowly pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredient mixture, stirring with a wooden spoon or spatula until just combined, avoiding overmixing to maintain cookie tenderness.
- Delicately fold rolled oats, plump raisins, and chopped walnuts into the cookie dough, distributing ingredients evenly throughout the mixture.
- Allow the dough to rest for 20 minutes at room temperature, which helps ingredients meld and prevents excessive spreading during baking.
- Using a tablespoon or cookie scoop, drop uniform dough portions onto prepared baking sheets, spacing them approximately 2 inches apart.
- Bake the cookies for 10-12 minutes, watching for a light golden edge and slightly puffed center indicating optimal doneness.
- Remove from oven and let cookies rest on the baking sheet for 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire cooling rack to complete cooling and achieve perfect texture.
Notes
- Chilling the dough enhances flavor development and prevents excessive spreading during baking, creating more compact, tastier cookies.
- Resting allows gluten to relax, resulting in tender, softer texture with deeper caramelized notes from brown sugar.
- Melted coconut oil or butter provides rich moisture, ensuring cookies remain soft and chewy even after cooling.
- Adding walnuts creates delightful crunch, complementing the soft oatmeal and sweet raisin interior perfectly.
- Combining wet and dry ingredients gradually prevents overmixing, maintaining a delicate, light cookie consistency.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 11 minutes
- Category: Snacks, Desserts
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 20
- Calories: 140
- Sugar: 10 g
- Sodium: 95 mg
- Fat: 7 g
- Saturated Fat: 4.5 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2.5 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 19 g
- Fiber: 1.5 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 30 mg