Super Size Oatmeal Raisin Cookies Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• In large bowl, cream together butter, white sugar, and brown sugar until smooth. Beat in the eggs and vanilla until fluffy. Stir together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt. Gradually beat into butter mixture. Stir in oats and raisins. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets.
• Bake 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until golden brown. Cool slightly, remove from sheet to wire rack. Cool completely.

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream the shortening and sugars until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon. Add to creamed mixture, stirring just until combined. Stir in the oats, raisins and pecans if desired., Shape into 1-in. balls. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Flatten with a greased glass bottom. , Bake at 350° until golden brown, 10-11 minutes. Do not overbake. Remove to a wire rack to cool.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F with an oven rack in the center position.
• Spread the oatmeal on a baking sheet and toast them for 15 minutes, stirring them frequently, until they are pale gold in color. Let the oats cool before using.
• Reset the oven to 350°F.
• In a mixing bowl, cream the shortening until it is soft.
• Beat in the brown sugar and granulated sugar, beating after each addition until the mixture is fluffy.
• Beat in the eggs and vanilla.
• Sift together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and allspice.
• Stir the flour mixture into the creamed mixture.
• Stir in the cooled oats and the raisins and mix well.
• Use a 1/3 cup measure as a scoop and level the top of the dough.
• Place the mound of dough on a greased baking sheet or on parchment paper.
• Flatten it slightly with the palm of your hand to about 5 inches in diameter.
• Repeat with the remaining dough, leaving at least 2 inches between cookies after flattening.
• With the flat of a knife blade, push the dough inward to to make a neat edge if it has spread unevenly.
• Bake the cookies in the center of the preheated oven for 18 - 20 minutes, until they are firm to the touch and lightly browned around the edges.
• Cool on baking sheet for about 5 minutes, or until they are firm enough to be removed to a wire rack.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Butter two large cookie sheets, or line them with parchment paper or reusable silicone liners.
• Using an electric mixer, beat butter in a large bowl until creamy. Add brown and granulated sugars, then beat until fluffy, about 2 minutes. Beat in eggs, one at a time, until fully incorporated. Then, beat in vanilla extract.
• In a separate bowl, use a wooden spoon or spatula to mix together the flour, salt, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg and cardamom. Set mixer on low speed, and beat flour mixture into the butter mixture. Stir in oats and raisins.
• Spoon out dough by large tablespoonfuls onto prepared cookie sheets, leaving at least 2 inches between each cookie.
• Bake until cookie edges turn golden brown, about 9 to 13 minutes. Centers will still be quite soft, but they will firm up as the cookies cool. Cool completely on a wire rack. Store in an airtight container at room temperature.