Awesome Oatmeal Cookies
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Awesome Oatmeal Cookies are an oatmeal cookie lover’s dream! Packed with two kinds of raisins, nuts and so much delicious flavor, these are TOTALLY worth the effort!
Today, let’s talk about the ultimate antidote to a hectic day: Awesome Oatmeal Cookies. These cookies may have a lot of ingredients, but they are COMPLETELY worth the little bit of extra hassle! With two types of raisins and a beautiful nutty texture, these cookies are some of the best oatmeal cookies out there! So grab your apron and a tall glass of milk, and let’s get baking!
What You’ll Need to Make Awesome Oatmeal Cookies
Ingredients:
- brown sugar
- oats
- raisins (golden and regular)
- dried cranberries
- one egg
- baking powder
- baking soda
- salt
- cinnamon
- finely chopped nuts
- stick of margarine
- flour
- white sugar
Let’s talk substitutions.
- This recipe calls for the two types of raisins, but if you don’t have both, feel free to use the one you have!
- Leave out the nuts if you like! I often do because they add a good bit of expense to things, but they do add a nice texture. It’s up to you!
- I’m using old fashioned oats in this but if you only have quick oats that’ll work in a pinch.
- As for brown sugar, use what you got, light or dark. I use them interchangeably but prefer dark whenever I have it.
How to Make Awesome Oatmeal Cookies
In a mixing bowl place your softened margarine, brown sugar, and granulated sugar. Mix until well-combined.
Toss in your egg and the cinnamon. Mix it up again!
Now in a separate bowl place your oats and your flour…
…and the raisins, dried cranberries, and nuts.
Stir that together.
Add in your salt, baking powder, and baking soda and stir again. Mix your wet ingredients from before with this dry ingredient mix.
Spray a baking sheet with cooking spray.
Scoop cookies onto the prepared baking sheet with a cookie scoop.
Take a few of each color raisin and place on top of the cookie for aesthetic purposes if you wish!
Bake at 350 for 12-15 minutes.
Let sit on pan for two or three minutes and then remove to cooling racks to cool completely.
Enjoy these delicious cookies! Your entire family will thank you for your efforts!
How to Store Awesome Oatmeal Cookies:
Storing oatmeal cookies properly can help maintain their freshness and texture. Here’s how to do it:
- Cool Completely: Allow the awesome oatmeal cookies to cool completely before storing them. If you store them while they’re still warm, they can become soggy due to trapped moisture.
- Use Airtight Containers: Place the cookies in an airtight container. This helps prevent moisture from getting in and keeps the cookies fresh longer. You can use plastic containers with tight-fitting lids or glass jars with rubber seals.
- Layering: If you need to stack the cookies in the container, place a sheet of parchment paper or wax paper between each layer to prevent them from sticking together.
- Moisture Absorbers: Adding a moisture absorber such as a small packet of silica gel or a few grains of uncooked rice can help keep the cookies dry and fresh.
- Room Temperature Storage: Awesome oatmeal cookies are best stored at room temperature. Avoid storing them in the refrigerator, as the cold temperature can make them lose their texture and become stale faster.
- Freezing: If you want to store awesome oatmeal cookies for an extended period, you can freeze them. Place the cookies in a single layer on a baking sheet and freeze until firm. Then transfer them to a freezer-safe container or zip-top bag. When ready to eat, let them thaw at room temperature for about 30 minutes or reheat them in the oven for a few minutes.
By following these steps, you can keep your oatmeal cookies fresh and delicious for longer! That is, if they last that long!
Ingredients
- 1-1/2 cups old-fashioned oats
- 1/2 cup all purpose flour
- 1/2 cup dark raisins plus more for putting on top
- 1/2 cup golden raisins plus more for putting on top
- 1/3 cup dried cranberries
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/3 C diced walnuts
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 stick margarine softened
- 1/2 cup packed dark brown sugar
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Place sugars and margarine in mixing bowl. Mix until well blended. Add egg and cinnamon, mix again.
- In separate bowl, place all remaining ingredients. Stir with a spoon and dump into mixing bowl with wet ingredients. Mix until well blended.
- Spoon by heaping tablespoonfuls onto greased baking sheets. Top with a few additional raisins of each color. Bake at 350 for twelve to fifteen minutes until the edges are lightly browned.
- Remove from oven and allow to cool for a few minutes before removing from cookie sheets and cooling completely.
Oatmeal cookies are my mom’s favorite, so these were a big mother’s day hit! Well worth it!
They look delicious!! Honestly I’m shocked Starbucks could have something our Christy would approve of! Of course I’m certain this version, since it was tweaked by you, is MUCH better than theirs and thusly it is deserving of a place on SP. 🙂
Thanks once again for sharing something so wonderful with all of us!!
Hey ya’ll, these look awesome. Have not been to Starbucks in months. Just saving some $$. Don’t drink coffee, I like their Green Tea Fraps and Lemon bread…now that is a recipe I would love to have!!
Talking about Mason jars, while we were living in Elkmont, AL the WalMart there in Athens had jelly from some place out of Texas, can’t remember the name brand, that was jarred up in little Mason like jars with handles. In the 2 years that we lived there I got enough for each of our grown children to have 6 each and of course we have a dozen for home lol…..Think we ate alot of jelly and jam? lol….our favorite was the Blackberry which we could only find in the WalMart in Pulaski TN, just over the AL/TN line.
Thanks for the recipe, gotta try them out. Hugs~Laurie
I was all fired up for these Awesome Oatmeal Cookies, even though I am packing for a weekend away- woe is me I don’t have most of the ingredients. So, I’ll just have to drool until Monday. Poor me!
On another note- the rude woman who posted before should leave SP and get a life. We love you Christy and we’ve got your back. You are Awesome just like you cookies.
Ann Marie
O forgot to tell you my Dad also eats these cookies for his breakfast when they are around — giggle — how sweet is that!
My parent told me about how many of their classmates don’t finishe highschool.
Glad for this post today I am at my Dad’s and wanted to make him some oakmeal cookies and there you were — yummy they — was it okay to add coconut to you allready fab cookies — well I hope so because I did — my Dad loves oatmeal cookies with coconut! Thanks again for the story.. Have a wonderful restful Mother’s Day — okay!
Please give your dad a big old hug for me. I LOVE COCONUT. I made some more of these last night and now I want to make them again! HOw did they turn out?
It’s always wonderful when someone takes a recipe and makes it their own!
Gratefully,
Christy
Oh Hi!
I just wanted to pop over and tell you how pathetic you are for blocking my comments on your Facebook page. Why, you can’t stand it when ‘lil ole me tells it like it is? You can sugarcoat it until it’s dripping and sickening (which you do!!) but the fact of the matter is, you STILL love to brag and gloat. I mean for God’s sake, who else other than you would actually NAME their moderately priced, cookie cutter, subdivision home? lmao. How sad you are.
Anyway, I’m sure you’ll moderate this and it will never be seen. But at least you’ll read it, and that makes me happy enough ~smiles sweetly~
Baby, has anyone ever hugged you?
I’m thinkin’ we need to start us a “Hug Stephani” movement here.
~hugs~
Have a good Mother’s Day weekend!
Gratefully,
Christy
Hi Christy,
Everyone is entitled to their own opinions. What a shame to have someone actually put it in writing to express such negative thoughts and nastiness. All about a website with recipes and simple instruction that is not only free, YES FREE!, but takes sooo much of your time away from your children and husband. I appreciate you and all that you do with so much effort for other people and their benefit. The way I see it, that woman doesn’t have to read your writings, ever. Goodbye small-minded little woman, be gone.
Well said Terri!!
Hey Christy… if I could I would just jump into “Big Red” right now and head over to “Bountiful” and give you the biggest hug and thank you for all you do for your family here at Southern Plate!! <3 you bunches!
pardon my typo!! LOVE YOU!
Poor girl needs more than hugs.
Lots of LOVE and HUGS to CHRISTY – especially for Mother’s Day weekend – you make most of us mothers, and MR. Bill Gent and any other “gents” who read you, smile and enjoy our lives much more. I bless the day my cousin introduced me to Southern Plate.:-)
Christy, pay her no mind, she has that terrible disease, JEALOUSY! Love ya Christy!! Hugs~Laurie
Stephani,
I’m sorry you are so angry at Christy. I can’t imagine why. She is sweet and she brings joy to people. I’m sorry your heart is so jaded and full of anger. I will pray that you will find happiness someday. God Bless you.
Stephani,
You poor child. May God bless your tiny little heart.
from,
JoAnn of Greystone Manor
~a moderately priced cookie cutter house in the heart of Levittown, a home full of love and joy…sorry if that sounds like bragging and gloating,Oh wait..no I’m not!