I also wanted an oatmeal raisin cookie that was rich in flavor while being warm and toasty. This ensured the raisins were plump and chewy and didn’t shrink up into hard little dots while baking. To plump up the raisins, I rehydrated them by letting them soak in a hot water bath while the rest of the ingredients were prepped. To avoid this, I used one and a half cups of raisins and made sure to plump up my raisins before adding them to the cookie dough. And sometimes, you might only get ONE raisin in an oatmeal raisin cookie which is simply unforgivable. Oatmeal raisin cookies also tend to have hard little raisins spotted throughout them that have dried out during the baking process. Using rolled oats ensured that even when the oats soaked up some of the wet ingredients, they still maintained a small bite, giving the cookies added texture and chew once baked. To achieve this, I made sure to load it will rolled oats rather than quick oats. I knew my oatmeal raisin cookies had to be tender yet chewy. I’ve eaten way too many oatmeal raisin cookies that are too fluffy and too moist. The thing with oatmeal raisin cookies is that they can often lean closer to the muffin-top side of the spectrum rather than the cookie side. They are Oatmeal Raisin Cookie perfection.īefore diving in to create the Best Ever Oatmeal Raisin Cookie, I did a lot of research. They’re like sitting in front of a fireplace on a cold winter night. They’re like being wrapped in a warm blanket fresh out of the dryer. They’re like a warm hug from your Mom after a bad day at school. They’re soft yet chewy, loaded with plump raisins, warm spices and a touch of molasses. Think big, delicious, bakery-style Oatmeal Raisin Cookies. I understand oatmeal cookies may not sound that exciting but I’m gonna to need you to trust me on this one because these truly are the Best Ever Oatmeal Raisin Cookies. This post was originally published on Novemand updated with new photos in January 3, 2020. I promise you, someday these will be world-famous. Since these cookies are totally about texture, let’s take a closer look.Big, delicious, bakery-style Oatmeal Raisin Cookies that are soft yet chewy, loaded with plump raisins, warm spices & a touch of molasses. So if you want to, add it, if you don’t, I don’t think it’s needed and it keeps the ingredient list down for this simple recipe. I was intending on adding vanilla extract to this but forgot the second time around and I didn’t really notice, it just left room for the cinnamon to shine. I was so surprised that such a simple recipe could yield such fantastic results! This is definitely a recipe I’m going to hang on to for the days when I get a cookie craving but don’t want to take the time to make a full batch + have a huge mess in my kitchen. These cookies are moist and chewy and they are simply one of the best oatmeal cookies I’ve ever made or had (from bakeries included). Since I’ve already posted two recipes for a single cookie ( one chocolate chip cookie and one 3-ingredient peanut butter cookie) I decided why not keep a good thing going and share a recipe for one single oatmeal cookie! We’ve got to try them all in single batch form, right? One Big Oatmeal Cookie! Soft and chewy and perfect for when those cravings strike.