Ingredients for Easy Oatmeal Cookies
Old fashioned oats. Don’t use quick oats here or the texture won’t come out the same. Plus they absorb differently so cookies may end up dry.
All-purpose flour. Bleached or unbleached flour will work here.
Baking powder and baking soda. The blend of the two offers cookies with just enough lift.
Cinnamon. If you’d like additional spice flavor add in 1/4 tsp nutmeg and ginger too.
Salt. Don’t leave this out or cookies will taste flat.
Unsalted butter. Careful not to soften butter fully. Semi-firm butter will help cookies spread less.
Light brown sugar and granulated sugar. The combination gives a soft chewy cookie, and the brown sugar adds a light caramel-y flavor.
Eggs. These bind everything together. Use cold eggs so cookies spread less.
Vanilla. You could also use vanilla bean paste here as well.
Raisins. A freshly opened package will give best results, just don’t use some that are all super dry.
Walnuts. Optional, but who doesn’t love the additional chewy crunch to pair with the oats? 1. Heat oven, prepare baking sheet: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line rimmed 18 by 13-inch baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mats.
2. Whisk dry ingredients: In a mixing bowl whisk together flour, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder and salt, set aside.
3. Cream butter and sugars using electric mixer: In the bowl of an electric stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment cream together butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar until combined.
4. Blend in eggs one at a time and vanilla: Add in one egg mix. Add in second egg and vanilla and mix.
5. Mix in dry ingredients: Add flour mixture to butter sugar mixture and mix just until combined.
6. Add mix ins: Mix in oats, raisins and walnuts, mixing just until evenly distributed.
Tip for sticky dough: If dough is too sticky too shape into balls you can chill for 30 minutes or just use two spoons to drop mounds onto baking sheets.
7. Shape oatmeal cookie dough into individual rounds: Scoop dough out and shape into 1 1/2-inch balls (or 40 grams each), transfer to prepared baking sheet fitting 12 per sheet and spacing 2-inches apart.
8. Bake: Bake in preheated oven until golden brown on edges and nearly set (center should look under-baked), about 12 – 14 minutes.
9. Cool: Let cool on baking sheet for a few minutes then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. Repeat with remaining dough.