Today's post is on the best oatmeal raisin chocolate chip cookies. These cookies can be made effortlessly and are delicious treats. Having oatmeal and raisins as ingredients in cookies is an added perk, as they are good for you. Undoubtedly, it's also a great way to get kids and picky eaters to get good, nutritional stuff in their diets.
I first discovered these giant cookies at work, where we had a cafe, and there was always a long line for coffee and desserts. My favorites were the cookies like the Hilton style, scones, and the delicious brownie with walnuts.
Even though they were a little pricey, they were super delicious! To bake those giant oatmeal cookies was always on my to-do list, but I never got a chance with my hectic schedule. Now that blogging has taken priority, finding and trying new recipes for my blog is a bonus.
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What makes this recipe great?
While I was looking for the recipe for the best oatmeal raisin chocolate chip cookie, there were so many to choose from! They all seemed straightforward. Many of them used instant oatmeal, and some others used old-fashioned oats.
I love the texture of the old-fashioned oats in the cookies. It gives a nice bite and is chewy. After looking around and mixing and matching some of the ingredients, I narrowed it down to this recipe, which uses dark brown sugar and cinnamon.
Ingredients Used in making the cookies
Dry Ingredients
- All-Purpose Flour - Regular all-purpose flour whisked with cinnamon powder, baking soda, and salt
- Oats - Use old-fashioned oats for good texture; instant oats can be used as well.
- Butter - Organic, unsalted, and softened at room temperature.
- Dark Brown Sugar - This gives a nice, deep caramel flavor due to the molasses.
- Additions - Toasted walnuts, raisins (black or golden), chocolate chips.
Wet Ingredients
- Eggs - Organic at room temperature, preferably.
- Vanilla essence
How to make the best oatmeal raisin chocolate chip cookies?
This is one of the simplest cookies to make. Firstly, cream the butter and sugar. Add eggs one by one. Later, add the dry ingredients, namely all-purpose flour, oats, baking soda, and cinnamon. I used the old-fashioned oats as mentioned earlier. You can very well use instant oats if you like.
The addition of chocolate chips to the cookies is optional. I do not like too many raisins in my cookie, so I added only half a cup, but you can add another 1.5 cups if you like. I also added walnuts to get a nice crunchy bite. You can add or leave out any of these; it's all one's personal choice.
It is better if the batter sits in the refrigerator for a while so the old-fashioned oats soak in the batter. If you bake it immediately, it may spread a little more, and you get large-sized cookies.
When you bake the cookies from the refrigerated batter, you will find that they do not spread as much and are more chewy and softer. I made one batch immediately and another after 3 to 4 hours of refrigeration. They are both very delicious.
- Step 1: Combine the brown sugar and butter in a stand mixer.
- Step 2: Cream the butter and sugar well; to this, add eggs one at a time along with vanilla essence.
- Step 3: Add the whisked AP flour, baking soda, and cinnamon powder, followed by old-fashioned oats.
- Step 4: Mix gently, and the dough is ready.
- Step 5: Scoop the dough onto a baking pan lined with parchment paper. Bake at 350 degrees F for 9 to 11 minutes.
- Step 6: Transfer the cookies to a cooling rack and enjoy.
Useful Tips for Making the Cookies
- Keep the butter and eggs at room temperature before making the batter.
- Feel free to adjust the amount of chocolate chips, raisins, and walnuts in the cookies to suit your taste. While black raisins are typically preferred in this recipe for their rich flavor, you can experiment with different variations to make the cookies your own.
- Be sure not to overbake the cookies, as this will make them hard instead of soft and chewy. They might appear slightly underbaked in the center, but as long as the edges are golden brown, it's the perfect time to remove them from the oven.
- The cookies will continue to cook a bit as they cool, giving you that desired soft and chewy texture.
Recipe FAQs
Refrigerating the batter helps soften the old-fashioned oats, resulting in a better texture for the cookies. You can bake the cookies after 3-4 hours of refrigeration, or even up to 1-2 days later for enhanced flavor.
While I haven't tried freezing the batter for future use, it's similar to other cookie batters: if you freeze it, allow it to thaw to room temperature before scooping and baking for the best results.
Sure, but please know that the texture might differ. Instant oats are usually softer than old-fashioned oats and may yield slightly softer or more compact cookies. Old-fashioned oats are a better choice for a chewier texture.
If you are out of old-fashioned oats, instant oats will still work but you may want to adjust the baking time slightly and keep a close watch when baking to avoid overbaking it.
These cookies are great accompaniments to your coffee and tea. They brought back good old memories of the evening coffee break at work with my colleagues. I also feel so glad that I can make them on my own and they almost taste like the original.
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Best Oatmeal Raisin Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients
Dry Ingredients
- 1.5 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp cinnamon powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ¼ tsp salt
- 3 cups old fashioned oats
- ½ cup walnuts chopped
- 1 cup chocolate chips
- ½ cups raisins add another one and half cups if you like
- 1 cup butter room temperature
- 1.5 cups dark brown sugar
Wet Ingredients
- 2 eggs
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 350 deg F.
- Line cookie tray with parchment paper.
- Whisk all-purpose flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon in a large bowl and keep aside.
- Cream butter and sugar in a stand mixer at medium speed for about 2 to 3 minutes till it gets fluffy.
- Have all the ingredients namely the eggs, whisked flour, oats, rasins, nuts and chocoalte chips to be added into the creamed butter and sugar ready.
- First add eggs one at a time followed by vanilla essence and incorporate.
- Slowly add the whisked flour to the creamed sugar beaten with egg .Reduce speed and mix until well combined.
- Next add in oats , raisins, chocolate chips, nuts until they are all mixed well.
- Chill the dough for 2 to 3 hours or overnight. You can also choose to bake it immediately without refrigeration.
- Using a medium sized cookie scoop , scoop out the dough and place on the baking sheet .
- Bake for 9 to 11 minutes until golden around edges. Take care not to over bake .Let it stay on the baking sheet for 3 minutes.Transfer to cooling rack.
- Cookies are ready to be enjoyed.
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Notes
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- Keep the butter and eggs at room temperature before making the batter.
- Feel free to adjust the quantity of chocolate chips, raisins, and walnuts in the cookies to suit your taste.
- Black raisins are typically preferred in this recipe for their rich flavor, you can experiment with different varieties to make the cookies your own.
- Refrigerate the batter to get softer and chewier cookies.
- It is better if the batter sits in the refrigerator for a while so the old-fashioned oats soak in the batter. If you bake it immediately, it may spread a little more and you get large-sized giant cookies.
- When you bake the cookies from the refrigerated batter, you will find that they do not spread as much and are more chewy and softer.
- Be sure not to overbake the cookies, as this will make them hard instead of soft and chewy.
- They might appear slightly underbaked in the center, but as long as the edges are golden brown, it's the perfect time to remove them from the oven.
- The cookies will continue to cook a bit as they cool, giving you that desired soft and chewy texture.
The oatmeal cookies look delish. I love the addition of raisins in it.
Thank you so much Lathiya! Yes raisins make the cookies healthy as well.
Wow these oatmeal cookies sound delicious. I love oatmeal cookies, cookies with raisins and with chocolate chips. I'm sure these could be my favourite cookies ever!
Wonderful to hear that Jacqui, oatmeal cookies sure are the best ! Thank you so much for the comments.
Thanks for the recipe. Always wanted to try oats cookies at home.
Wonderful hope you will try these . Thank you for stopping by!
I love a good chewy oatmeal cookie and this one looks worth trying. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you so much for the wonderful comment Deborah!
This is one of my favorite cookies, giving your recipe a try and I do like the tip to refrigerate that batter before baking.
Thank you so much Jere, appreciate it!
Seems like a simple and detailed recipe. I would love to try this recipe out. My son love choco chip cookies and cookies with raisin will be yummy.
Thank you so much ! This cookie is usually loved by kids as it has chocolate chip in it as well .Nice way to introduce them to oatmeal raisin cookies .
These cookies looks so yummy to eat. I will try to make this cookies sometime.
Wonderful, would love to hear your feedback if you try. Thank you so much!
Looks tasty! These would be great as an after dinner treat or for a warm comforting snack! 🙂
Yes rightly said they make a perfect after dinner treat and a nice snack! Thank you 🙂
looks delicious! I love oatmeal cookies, it is definitely my favourite cookie.chocolate chip makes it great to share with friends too
Thank you so much for the wonderful comment!
I love oatmeal raisin cookies. Actually, it's been a while since I had one since our bakery temporarily closed due to the pandemic. Thank you for sharing the recipe. Will try to make one myself.
Hope you will try this recipe, it is quite easy to make and tastes just like the bakery ones!
Wow!! These definitely look scrumptious. I wonder if having chocolate chips, raisins, and sugar in the cookies makes it too sweet. I'd probably try and make it with unsweetened chocolate chips.
The extra additions like chocolate chips and raisins can be adjusted to your preference .Since we use brown sugar in this recipe, it is not overly sweet. Glad you liked it and Thanks for the comments!
These look so yummy and one of my favorite cookie flavors are actually oatmeal raisin. I haven’t tried oatmeal raisin with chocolate chips perhaps this weekend calls for baking!
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Oatmeal raisin cookies with chocolate chips is a nice change from the usual. Pretty sure you will like it !
These look delicious. I haven't made cookies in a while. Maybe I could try these.
Wonderful, hope you enjoy these delicious treats!
Torn! I love choloate chips but not so much for the raisins! HAHA! But this one looks nice so I'll try I guess!
I can relate to that as well - not being a fan of raisins as much, you can reduce the quantity and try it out! Thank you for stopping by.
Oatmeal raisin cookies are my favourite! Yours look absolutely delicious.
Thank you so much!