Old Fashioned Oatmeal Cookies Recipes

OLD-FASHIONED OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• In a saucepan, cook raisins in water over medium heat until plump, about 15 minutes. Drain, reserving liquid. Add enough water to liquid to measure 1/2 cup. In a bowl, cream shortening, sugar, eggs and vanilla. Stir in raisin liquid. Blend in dry ingredients. Stir in raisins and oats. Add nuts if desired. , Drop by teaspoonfuls about 2 in. apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 375° for 10 to 12 minutes or until light brown.

GRANDMA'S OLD FASHIONED OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F - you will need 3 baking sheets lined with parchment paper (again the parchment keeps the cookie from burning and makes clean up faster).
• Whisk together flour, baking powder, soda and salt.
• Beat together with mixer at low speed - butter and sugar until the sugar granules are not visible. Increase speed and beat 1 minute longer, scrape sides as needed and add egg, beat another 30 seconds. Add flour mixture 1/3 at a time and incorporate well over med speed until mixture is smooth. Add oatmeal and stir into the dough using your rubber spatula.
• Divide into 24 equal portions and bake for 13 to 16 minutes placing only one cookie sheet in the oven at a time and rotating the cookie sheet half way through your cooking time -- these are the best and the thinnest cookies and very crispy.

OLD FASHIONED OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine butter, shortening and sugars.
• Add eggs and vanilla and beat until fluffy.
• Combine flour, salt, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves and allspice.
• Add to creamed mixture; mix to blend.
• Stir in oatmeal and raisins.
• Drop a tablespoon of dough onto cookie sheet about 2-inches apart. Cookies will spread!
• Bake at 350°F for 12-15 minutes.
• Cool for about 5 minutes on cookie sheet, then remove to a cooling rack.

OLD-FASHIONED FARMHOUSE OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• Position a rack in the middle of oven; preheat to 350°.
• Grease several large baking sheets or coat with nonstick spray.
• In a large heavy saucepan over medium heat, melt the butter, stirring, until completely melted and runny; remove from heat.
• Thoroughly stir the oats and 1 tablespoon water into the butter.
• Let stand for 5 minutes so the oats can hydrate.
• Vigorously stir in the sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt until thoroughly incorporated.
• Vigorously stir in the egg and raisins, then the flour until very well blended.
• If the dough is very soft, stir in 1-2 tablespoons more flour.
• If it is still soft, let stand to firm up for 5 minutes.
• In a large bowl, vigorously stir the brown sugar into the butter until well blended, mashing out any sugar
• Using a 1 1/2-inch spring-loaded scoop or heaping measuring tablespoon, form the dough into uniform mounds, spacing about 2 1/2 inches apart on the baking sheets.
• Using your fingertips, pat down the mounds just slightly.
• Bake one sheet at a time for 7-10 minutes or until the cookies are barely firm in the center tops , tinged with brown, and slightly darker at the edges.
• Transfer the baking sheets to wire racks; let stand until the cookies firm up for 3 minutes.
• Using a wide spatula, transfer the cookies to the wire racks; let cool completely.

OLD-FASHIONED OATMEAL RAISIN COOKIES

Steps:

• Combine eggs, raisins, and vanilla extract in bowl and let stand--covered for 1 hour.
• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Cream together butter and the brown and granulated sugars.
• Add flour, salt, cinnamon, and baking soda; mix well.
• Add raisin mixture, oatmeal, and optional chopped nuts. The dough may seem a little dry; but it will be fine.
• Drop by tablespoonfuls onto an ungreased cookie sheet about 2 inches apart.
• Bake for 10-12 minutes until lightly browned.
• Cool on wire rack.
• Notes: Recipe works well doubled.
• Time to make does not include the 1 hour needed for soaking the raisins.
• You can use golden or dark raisins.

OLD FASHIONED OATMEAL RAISIN COOKIES

Steps:

• Simmer raisins and water in saucepan over low heat until plump for 20 minutes.
• Drain raisin liquid into measuring cup.
• Add water to make 1/2 cup.
• Heat oven to 400 degrees.
• Cream shortening, sugar, eggs and vanilla.
• Stir in raisin liquid.
• Measure flour and combine with, baking powder, baking soda, salt and spices.
• Stir into creamed mixture.
• Add oats, nuts and raisins.
• Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls 2" apart onto ungreased baking sheet.
• Bake for 10 minutes.

OLD-FASHIONED OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• heat oven to 375*F.
• in large mixer bowl combine all ingredients except flour and rasins.
• beat at low speed, scraping bowl often, until well mixed.
• add flour; continue beating until well mixed.
• by hand stir in raisins.
• drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls 2"in apart onto greased cookie sheets.
• bake 8 to 10 minutes or until edges are lightly browned.