Ken's Unforgettable Chewy Oatmeal Raisin Cookies. Great recipe for Ken's Unforgettable Chewy Oatmeal Raisin Cookies. Needed a delicious chewy oatmeal cookie recipe for a dairy-free diet, and most of them didn't hold up well with the butter we use. So I made one that is equally delicious with butter, or when we use Smart Balance dairy-free spread! Ken's Unforgettable Chewy Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

You can have Ken's Unforgettable Chewy Oatmeal Raisin Cookies using 12 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Ken's Unforgettable Chewy Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
  1. It’s 1 1/2 cup of raisins.
  2. Prepare 3/4 cup of sugar.
  3. Prepare 1 1/4 cup of brown sugar.
  4. Prepare 1 cup of butter, softened.
  5. Prepare 2 of eggs.
  6. Prepare 1 tsp of vanilla extract.
  7. It’s 1/4 tsp of almond extract.
  8. You need 2 cup of flour.
  9. Prepare 1 tsp of baking soda.
  10. It’s 1 1/2 tsp of coarse sea salt.
  11. Prepare 2 tsp of ground cinnamon.
  12. Prepare 3 cup of quick-cook oats.

I feel like it's the best cookies I had ever made. The addition of dried cranberries made the cookies more prettier. This is a healthy cookies that you will. We call them "Bubba's Oatmeal Cookies" because we called our grandmother Bubba.

Ken's Unforgettable Chewy Oatmeal Raisin Cookies instructions

  1. Put raisins in microwave safe bowl, cover with water. Microwave for 5 minutes. Let soak for about 5 minutes more, then strain. Set aside..

  2. Add sugar and brown sugar to large bowl. Add softened butter (or margarine or vegan alternative) and mix with mixer until consistent texture..

  3. Add eggs, vanilla, and almond extracts to wet mix, blend until smooth..

  4. Sift or mix together flour, baking soda, coarse sea salt, and cinnamon. Add to wet ingredients and hand mix until consistent texture..

  5. Add oats and strained raisins, and mix thoroughly. Cover and refrigerate for one hour..

  6. Set oven to 375° F. Grease baking sheet. Scoop into tablespoon sizes and place 1.5-2" apart on sheet. Press in crossing pattern with fork. Sprinkle with sugar if you'd like. :) Bake for 10 minutes..

  7. Let them set for at least two minutes (I know it's hard!). Whether you eat them hot, warm, or room temperature, they'll still be chewy!.

She always had a batch of these wonderful cookies around.. If you've had hard, dry versions of this cookie before and been turned off the whole notion of Oatmeal Raisin, give this recipe a whirl. I've really been cutting back on saturated/trans fats and was so pleased to see a recipe for cookies that had canola oil! I didn't have quite enough brown sugar (but close) and since I am always looking to cut fat in baked goods, I did substitue half of the oil with drained (which is key for using it for baking) unsweetened apple sauce. TIP: When you take your oatmeal cookies out of the oven, the centers should look a little underdone (they will continue baking on sheet).