CHEWY Oatmeal Cookies?

Question

I'm looking for a no-frills recipe for good old fashioned oatmeal cookies, the softer and chewier the better!

Answer 1

Chewy Oatmeal Cookies:

25 min 10 min prep
18 servings

1 cup flour
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
3/4 cup shortening (softened)
1 1/3 cups brown sugar (firmly packed)
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups oats, uncooked
1 cup raisins

1. Sift together flour, soda, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg into bowl. Add shortening, sugar, eggs and vanilla.
2. Beat until smooth. Stir in oats and raisins.
3. Drop by heating teaspoon onto greased sheet.
4. Bake at 350 degrees for 12 to 15 minutes.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Soft, Chewy Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
Make the batter the day before you bake the cookies.

1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup shortening
1 cup raisins
1 cup water
2 eggs
2 cups self-rising flour
1 1/2 cups quick oats
1/4 teaspoon baking soda

Cream sugar and shortening together by hand.

Meanwhile cook raisins in the water until there are 5 tablespoons of water remaining. Cool.

Mix flour, baking soda, oats and raisins together. Add eggs and the 5 tablespoons of water from the cooked raisins; mix well. Cover and put batter in refrigerator overnight.

The next day, drop teaspoons of the batter onto a greased cookie sheet. Bake approximately 13 minutes at 350 degrees F. Grease the pan before dropping each batch of cookies onto the sheet. Cool completely before storing.

Makes approximately 60 cookies.

Answer 4

Oatmeal Cookies

1 cup light brown sugar
1 stick butter, softened
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 tablespoon milk
1 1/4 cup flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup uncooked rolled oats
1 cup raisins, soaked for 10 minutes in hot water and drained

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, cream together the brown sugar and butter. Mix in the egg, vanilla and milk. Stir in the flour, baking powder and soda and salt until well combined. Stir in the oats and the raisins. Grease a cookie sheet and drop batter using a spoon. Bake for 8 - 10 minutes or until golden brown.

Answer 5

Use the recipe on the Quaker Oats package. It's the classic oatmeal cookie recipe. If you don't see it on the package, don't worry, sometimes it's under the lid when you open it.

Answer 6

You should make Anzac cookies instead!