Warm, soft oatmeal cookies fresh from the oven are the perfect winter treat! Shared below are a step-by-step recipe and video tutorial for the best oatmeal cookies. These easy oatmeal cookies taste like a cozy, blanket-wrapped afternoon and will make your home smell deliciously of vanilla, cinnamon, and cloves.
I just know your family will love these oatmeal cookies as much as mine does!
How to Make the Best Oatmeal Cookies
These chewy oatmeal cookies are one of the most delicious cookie recipes you’ll find! They are perfect for Christmas, work parties or teacher luncheons, sharing with friends, and of course, enjoying at home with milk or tea. Here’s what to do!
Step 1: Make the Oatmeal Raisin Cookie Dough
The simple combination of old-fashioned oats, flour, sugars, and spices results in classic oatmeal raisin cookies that will vanish off the cooling rack right before your eyes!
Take time to soak the raisins in the vanilla and eggs. It’s the secret to flavorful, moist oatmeal cookies.
Related: How to Make Homemade Vanilla Extract
Of course, you could replace the raisins with chocolate chips if that is more your style! Or, add both…why choose?
Step 2: Place the Dough on a Parchment-Lined Cookie Sheet
I love to use a cookie scoop for uniform baking. Not sure which cookie scoop to use? This informative post will help you decide.
Step 3: Bake the Cookies
For chewy, soft oatmeal cookies, bake for 8–10 minutes. Be careful not to overcook!
Can I Freeze Cookies?
Freezing cookies is an easy, tasty way to be prepared for unexpected company and sugar cravings! After your baked cookies have cooled completely, place them on a parchment-lined baking sheet and freeze until solid.
When the cookies are frozen, place them in a plastic container (these ones are my absolute favorite for freezing cookies) with a piece of parchment paper between each layer. Alternatively, you could layer frozen cookies in a gallon-sized plastic bag. With proper storage, most cookies can be stored in the freezer for up to three months.
To thaw frozen cookies, simply remove them from the container and allow them to sit on a plate at room temperature before serving.
Are Oatmeal Cookies Healthy?
While oatmeal cookies may contain more fiber and nutrients than a chocolate chip cookie, a cookie is still a cookie! I do like to tease that oatmeal cookies are a perfectly suitable breakfast choice, but the truth? Best enjoyed with moderation!
More Cookie Recipes
- Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Christmas Lights Cookies
- S’mores Cookies
- Candy Cane Cookies
- Chocolate Reindeer Cookies
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The Best Oatmeal Cookies
These easy oatmeal cookies taste like a cozy, blanket-wrapped afternoon and will make your home smell deliciously of vanilla, cinnamon, and cloves.
Ingredients
- 3 eggs, beaten
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup raisins
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1 cup unsalted butter softened
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon cloves
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 2 cups old-fashioned rolled oats
Instructions
- Prepare the raisins by soaking them in the vanilla and egg for 1 hour.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Cream the butter and sugars until soft and fluffy.
- Sift the flour, spices, baking soda, and baking powder into the creamed butter mixture.
- Stir in the raisin mixture and the rolled oats. Mix well.
- Use a cookie scoop to transfer the dough onto a parchment-lined cookie sheet.
- Bake cookies at 350 degrees for 8–10 minutes. Do not overcook.
- Cool for 5–10 minutes on cookie sheet before transferring to a cooling rack.
Notes
Store cooled cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 1-week.
Anonymous says
So yummy, made this tonight (except I had to satisfy my post baby cravings…..chocolate chips instead of raisins!!!)
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Akira says
Hi… Do you freeze them raw to bake another day or once bake and cold you freeze them?… Maybe is a dumb question 😛 … Thanks 🙂
Jodie willis says
These are so good. Cannot stop eating them. My family loves them. Thank you for sharing .
Symantha says
My husband and I love nuts in almost everything I bake. Can I add walnuts to this recipe, and if so do I need to adjust the recipe for additional ingredients?
Melissa Lennig says
You’ll have to experiment! My family is the opposite…we hate nuts in baked goods, lol! Let me know how they turn out!
Sheila Haynes says
These are delicious! I added an extra teaspoon cinnamon and walnuts.
Theresa R Howard says
I have made this recipe numerous times usually add butterscotch chips and white chocolate chips. My husband’s favorite.
Shelly Shaffer says
I have made these cookies twice now. They are literally the best. Thank you so much for the recipe.
Brad says
Outstanding and easy to make.
Theresa says
Thanks for sharing this recipe. I have been using this recipe for quite sometime. It is my Husbands favorite.
Susan Harrison says
These are the best oatmeal cookies that I ever made. It is a snowy day today, and nothing would be better, but I’m out of oatmeal!