Gemma’s Best-Ever Oatmeal Cookies

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Hi Bold Bakers!

WHAT YOU GET: You get, simple, the Best Oatmeal Cookies recipe you’ve ever had. Oats, raisins, brown sugar, and cinnamon give these iconic cookies the chew and spice you know and love. I’ve perfected this recipe so you won’t have to — and it’s made in minutes and entirely by hand.

No cookie you can buy at the store compares to the flavor and chewy texture of a warm homemade Oatmeal cookie. My Best-Ever Oatmeal Cookies recipe makes the tastiest oatmeal cookies, featuring toasty rolled oats, chewy plump raisins, and a sweet cinnamony center. If you’ve ever tried my other Best-Ever recipes, like my Best-Ever Chocolate Chip Cookies, my Best-Ever Brownies, or my Best-Ever Vanilla Mug Cake — you know that I don’t take the title of “Best-Ever” lightly.

Can also even be made in one bowl (if you wish!) by hand and baked in only 10 minutes, these cookies aren’t just my Best-Ever Oatmeal Cookies because of the flavor, but also because of the ease. I don’t know of a better, or more satisfying, cookie!

The Best Oats

I don’t know about you, but oats are a staple in my cupboard — I use them for everything from homemade oatmeal to my Best-Ever Banana Bread. Don’t use steel-cut, though, stick with rolled oats, and you’ll get the right texture you’re looking for.

How To Make Oatmeal Cookies

Some people like chocolate chips in their oatmeal cookies and some like raisins — this recipe is for the latter, but you can easily swap one for the other if you want! Also, maybe give dried cranberries a shot for an extra punch of tartness.

To make these cookies I combine flour and cinnamon, which give the cookie a lovely hint of warmth and spice. Then, I cream together butter, brown sugar, and white sugar. I add the flour and cinnamon mixture to the fluffy butter and sugar then fold in the oats and raisins.

This one-bowl-wonder perfectly balances flavor and texture, which is really what makes it the Best-Ever Oatmeal Cookies. The oats and raisins are crunchy and chewy while the brown and white sugar adds depth of flavor. All of these components create irresistibly chewy oatmeal raisin cookies.

Are Oatmeal Cookies Good For You?

These cookies have an added bonus: My Best-Ever Oatmeal Cookies are packed with a cup and a half of oats and only 3/4 cup of flour.

Oats are one of my favorite ways of getting in some stick-to-your-ribs nutrition. Oats are full of healthy fiber and keep you fuller longer. Sweet raisins, instead of chocolate chips, means no extra added sugar or fats. The combination of these two ingredients not only gives these chewy cookies their signature flavor but bumps these oatmeal raisin cookies into healthier territory.

Still, everything in moderation!

[ Healthy recipes can be fun, easy, and delicious! Try my Healthy Chocolate Banana Bread too! ]

What Makes A Chewy Cookie

What gives these cookies their extra chew, besides the obvious rolled oats and raisins, is the combination of white and brown sugar. You can find this technique in play in my Best-Ever Chocolate Chip Cookies, too.

When creamed with the butter the white sugar adds crunch to the outside of the cookie as it caramelizes super fast. The brown sugar has more moisture, and that molasses flavor, which when combined with white sugar creates the chewiest bite at the cookie’s center.

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And don’t forget to buy my new cookbook, Bigger Bolder Baking Every Day, for even more cookie recipes!

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