I’ve been searching for the perfect oatmeal raisin cookie recipe but every one I tried was either too flat or too cakey. I wanted a really chewy cookie. After trying probably four recipes I started thinking of my tried and true favorite chewy chocolate chip cookie and thinking about how perfectly chewy it was because of the melted butter in the dough. So I started with the base of that dough and after several adjustments on raisins, cinnamon, and oatmeal I came up with this. This is a keeper!
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¾ cup butter, melted (1½ sticks)
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- ½ cup white sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 egg
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 ½ cups old-fashioned oats
- 1 heaping cup raisins
- ½ cup chopped walnuts or pecans (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper. Your cookies turn out so much better with parchment paper. Believe me! Buy some!
- Melt butter and let cool slightly.
- Mix flour, baking soda and salt; set aside.
- In a medium bowl, cream together the melted butter, brown sugar and white sugar until well blended. Beat in the cinnamon, vanilla, egg, and egg yolk for 2-3 minutes until light and creamy. Mix in the flour mixture until just blended. Add the oats, nuts, and raisins. Mix until just blended.
- Place 1/4 cup balls of dough onto parchment lined cookie sheet and bake for 14-16 minutes. Do not overbake. Remember I'm at sea level so if you aren't you may need longer. The edges should look brown and the centers still slightly soft. Let the cookies rest on the cookie sheet for a couple of minutes before transferring to a cooling rack.
Notes
Source: The Girl Who Ate Everything
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Oh, yum! Oatmeal raisin cookies are my favorite!
bravo….those look amazing! way to be creative.
Love the photo. Love the cookie. Love the recipe. I’m bookmarking this haha.
What an awesome picture!!! I love my oatmeal cookies chewy, these sound perfect!
There is nothing better than a good oatmeal raisin cookie. It’s like cozy sweats ~ they make you feel good!
Chewy oatmeal cookies are the best!
I’m so glad you posted this! It’s the perfect timing! I bought a bag of dried cherries at Costco and thought it would be good to make oatmeal cookies with cherries and dark chocolate chips.
That is a beautiful oatmeal cookie….we love them chewy here too. I can’t wait to try your recipe.
Love your picture of the cookie! These sound delish-I love oatmeal raisin cookies-my fav!:)
Cookies look so delicious, I love the combo
Thank you, Christy – this was exactly the recipe I was looking for! The cookies (or ‘biscuits’, as we say in New Zealand) are delicious. I added a handful of dark chocolate chips to the mixture, too – a little extra naughtiness is nice and the friend I’m making them for has a soft spot for chocolate!
Claire
Thank you, Christy – this was exactly the recipe I was looking for! The cookies (or ‘biscuits’, as we say in New Zealand) are delicious. I added a handful of dark chocolate chips to the mixture, too – a little extra naughtiness is nice and the friend I’m making them for has a soft spot for chocolate!
Claire
My husband made these for us last night and they are REALLY good. And still good the next day. thanks for the recipe!
Oh good I’m glad you liked them!
I actually made these last night! I substituted chocolate chips for the raisins and they are delicious. Perfect consistency… just like you said.
DO you have the link for the original chocolate chip cookie recipe on allrecipes?
Christy – I just had to report back to you – I made these cookies for my dad for Father’s Day, and also served them at our BBQ yesterday. Everyone loved them. My dad even commented as he was leaving that the container of cookies I gave him would probably be empty by the time he got home!
Thanks for the wonderful recipe!
Great recipe! Perfect chewy texture
I also added some dark chocolate chips
i made these tonight and had to bake them for about 10 minutes longer than the recipe called for–worried maybe ive messed up somewhere along the line–haha i havent tried one yet, but they sure smell awesome!!
I just made these a little bit ago and loved it! They are not only chewy but have a creamy texture…they are simply divine!
Thanks for sharing these!
These are delicious!!
Delicious! I also had to bake about 6 minutes longer but they were still very chewy. Great recipe!
This looks like an awesome recipe. I’m so excited to try it to give as a gift!
i am searching for the PERFECT chewy oatmeal raisin cookie- i will be trying these today
Trying these tonight. Wanting really good oatmeal cookies…hope they turn out!
I made them today! You should say, don’t over bake, you’ll have granola bars. LOL The first set turned out amazing. The second – well I got distracted and yes, they’re…crisp. Best OR cookie ever, will use from now on!
THESE WERE DELICIOUS. I don’t usually like oatmeal raisin cookies but I have eaten about 12 of them (:
“Chewy” is essential in oatmeal cookies and these look fantastic.
I love this recipe, I use a very similar recipe trying to be figure conscious, I wrote about it on my blog definingkay.blogspot.com.
I love oatmeal cookies. They make you feel like your still eating healthy and satisfying cravings all at the same time!
Awesome recipe!
I added a pinch of nutmeg to bring out the oat flavor a bit more. Other additions: 2 tablespoons of peanut butter, 1 ripe banana and then once they were portioned out on the sheet pan, I sprinkled the tops with panko bread crumb and a subtle misting of spray oil. The bananas helped the cookies retain moisture because I didn’t have raisins. The panko bread crumbs helped the outside crisp up to offset thec chewy interior. Bingo
I made these exactly as written and they were perfect! This one is going in my recipe box. Thank you!
Hai thanks for the lovely Photo… i made it last night, really yummy..
1 wrote this cookies in my blog…http//:aucoindemacuisine.wordpress.com fantastic cookies !
These were a little disappointing. I love chewy oatmeal cookies, but these turned out fluffy like all the rest I have tried, even though I followed the recipe to a T. After the first dozen came out fluffy, I flattened the 2nd dozen with a glass. These came out slightly better, but still not quite perfect. I added a tsp of corn syrup to the final dozen, these actually came out much better. My recommendation, add 2T corn syrup when mixing butter and sugars. Otherwise, flavor was really nice!
Made these tonight and followed the recipe. They didn’t disappoint….they are as delicious and chewy as promised. A definite keeper! Thanks for sharing.
These look delicious! I really want to make my boyfriend some OR cookies as a valentines treat as they’re his favourite, so I can’t wait to try this recipe!
These were amazing! Normally, when i web surf for a cookie recipe, the person always makes it wayy too sweet but these were perfect!
These turned out awesome, I added chocolate chips to them as well I filled my cookie jar and it was empty in no time! Thanks for this recipe will be making it a ton!
These have become our favourite recipe. My oven is terrible and doesn’t keep a steady temperature, yet these always turn out great…albeit with burnt bottoms at times. I live in a very dry desert climate and usually add a bit more melted butter over the oats at the end, and I work it in with my hands. Parchment paper makes the world of difference for spread-ability.
This recipe was just what I wanted. I did add 1/4 tsp of ground cloves and 1/4 tsp of nutmeg though. I can’t wait till they are out of the oven because my kitchen smells amazing.
@Crystal Ann,
So glad you loved them!
These cookies are amazing! Using a choclate chip cookie base is GENIUS. I’ve never had more delicious oatmeal cookies! Bravo Madam!
Going to make these for a group of youth traveling 24 hours on a mission trip. They don’t like raisins. If I omit and add chocolate chips do you think they will still be moist?
@LawGirl,
Yes, I think they will still be moist with chocolate chips.
What I like to do is combine the eggs and vanilla in a small bowl and soak the raisins in that for an hour or two, then you mix together the rest of the ingredients. It makes the raisins so moist and delicious!
This was the best oatmeal cookie recipe they turned out perfect! I love cloves , so I added more cinnamon and 1/2 tsp cloves, turned out fantastic! I usually never leave comments but If you read this I fully recommend this recipe!
@Anonymous,
Thank you for leaving a comment and I’m so glad you liked them.
I have made these a million times… Everyone loves them!!!! I have substituted the raisins for cranberries though. I have also done it with cherries and chocolate chips… Doesn’t matter what i put in they are moist and delicious!! Thanks again!!!
I baked as the directions said using a 1/4 cup scoop. These are HUGE and kind of biscuit looking, not flat like the picture. They smell great and the dough is delicious, just concerned about the size. I’m also pretty sure they’re not done in the center. Did I do something wrong?
Did you use quick oats or old fashioned? If you used quick oats I could see that happening….
This recipe is great. I have been craving some oatmeal raisin cookies all day so I decided to try this recipe. Just what I needed. The only thing I did different was I used candied walnuts instead of regular. Even better! I will be sharing this with family and make some for Christmas! Thank you!
Not a fan! I am searching for the perfect cookie recipe and this is not it. I followed the recipe exactly and they came out like little tea biscuits. Nothing like the picture. I want a cookie that is flat and chewy. Sorry but I will have to keep looking
Tea biscuits? Shoot. They are nothing like that. Were they really thick? If your butter is melted they should be thinner than that.
My stepdaughter and I tried this recipe last night, only we wanted really bug cookies so we used an ice cream scoop to put the dough on the cookie sheets. The first batch came out beautiful after cooking at the normal oven temp for an extra six minutes. They were on the middle rack so they were closer to the element. They came out soft and chewy in the middle and somewhat crunchy on the outside, and nicely toasted. The other batch, which was on the top rack, seemed never to get done. When I finally pulled them out more than 10 minutes sfter they should have been done, they were not as toasted looking but much crunchier throughout – definitely not as good.
Based on that I would recommend to anyone that wants to make them big, to start by cooking 6 mins ast the recommended time, then pull one cookie out and wait a minute to see how crunchy it gets, then if it’s crunchy enough and cooked through, pull them all out.
I just made these they were terrific. I think that maybe instead of using a 1/4 cup to scoop them out use a big spoon.
I too have been searching forever for the perfect CHEWY oatmeal cookie and an continually disappointed! But not any more! This IS the perfect Oatmeal cookie! Which would make absolute sense since you derived it from your chocolate chip cookie recipe, which is my favorite also. You are brilliant! Thank you so much!!!!!
WOW! These are definitely a keeper. I think they taste a lot like the Oatmeal Raisin Cookies at Subway (my fave) only without the over-sweet taste. LOVE THEM, and I’ll be making them often now! The only thing I did differently was add about a 1/2 c. extra raisins. Thanks for the recipe!
I don’t like oatmeal raisin cookikes but this recipe is absolutely amazing and delicious. The only thing different that I did was soak my raisins in warm water and vanilla for about 30 mins. Plumps them up and makes them nice and juicy
I’ve Literally Made These 3 Times In The Last 3 Weeks! My Husband And Son Absolutely Go Crazy For Them!!
Great Recipe!
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