Chewy Oatmeal Raisin Cookies | Everyday Food with Sarah Carey

Chances are, you've eaten an oatmeal cookie before. But have you ever had a truly GREAT oatmeal cookie? You know: Golden-brown on top, nice and chewy, and just sweet enough? If you've had one, you know what I'm talking about. If not, here's your chance!
To make these cookies, you'll need the usual cookie-baking suspects (flour, baking soda, salt, butter, brown sugar, white sugar, an egg, and some pure vanilla extract), plus the ingredients that make these cookies special: old-fashioned rolled oats and raisins.

Sarah's Tip of the Day:
I love these cookies, but I've been thinking: Why should raisins have all the fun? It hardly seems fair. So try these with dried cranberries or chocolate chips, or a combo.

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Recipe Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups old-fashioned rolled oats (not quick-cooking)
1/2 cup all-purpose flour, (spooned and leveled)
1/2 cup raisins
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
6 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature
1/2 cup packed dark-brown sugar
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1 large egg
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

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Nutritional Info:
per cookie (makes 24): 94 cal; 3 g fat (2 g sat fat); 2 g protein; 15 g carb; 1 g fiber

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Sarah Carey is the editor of Everyday Food magazine and her job is to come up with the best ways to make fast, delicious food at home. But she's also a mom to two hungry kids, so the question "What's for dinner?" is never far from her mind -- or theirs, it seems! Her days can get crazy busy (whose don't?), so these videos are all about her favorite fast, fresh meals -- and the tricks she uses to make it all SO much easier.

Chewy Oatmeal Raisin Cookies | Everyday Food with Sarah Carey

[CaroMontero]

This is how I like cooking videos, straight to the point!! I just baked this using chocolate chips instead of raisins and they are delicious :D

[pupskittens]

This recipe is really good! For those who have not tried it yet, here are some of my tips for you:
1. Baking Powder Substitute
Basically I do not have Baking Soda, the ones that I have are unclean because I use it for cleaning. So you can add 2-3 tsp of baking powder to substitute it.

2. Submerge the raisins in hot water
I saw this in another recipe and decided to try it out. You would first notice some color wearing off but it’s fine! If you have really big raisins like mine, try to cut it into small pieces. There is no limited time to how long you should soak it 2-3 min would be fine if you’re using really hot water! You should drain the water away. Put one into your mouth and you’ll realize that it got juicier. Then just add it into the dry ingredients and mix it together.

3. Baking Time
I preheated my oven about 10min. I set it to about 180 degrees Celsius and put it in my oven for around 10-12min. Different oven varies so when it seems solid light brown, it’s probably ready!

4. I placed 1/2 a cup more raisins for mine, you should try it too!

I wish everyone all the best and hope you found my changes and the recipe a helpful one! Let’s all enjoy the joy of baking together ❤️❤️

[sakinahwahab]

I'm totally blind and I love to bake. Your video is wonderful, very descriptive and very easy to follow along. You get to the point and it's wonderful.

[relearn]

Being a 70 year old male all I can say is thank you very much Sarah.

[zsuzsannamatalucci]

Thank you Sarah for that wonderful easy recipe. I am making it almost weekly for over a year. They are gone very quickly. You are right, the best thing is to make several batches at the time, and freeze them. My suggestion to others....before you do it, put on baking sheet the individual amounts and put them in the freezer for a couple of minutes, than pack them. When you're going to bake the cookies, much easier to separate them, than a big batch.

[dellajohn]

I am 13, and I made these they were delicious!! the only tips I have-
add some cinnamon for some nice flavor (I put a little in the batter and some on the top of the cookie) sprinkling the cinnamon was a great idea

add a little less oatmeal (there was a lot of oatmeal and the ratio of oatmeal to batter was a bit off)

enjoy!! they were delicious 😋 thank you Sarah!! 🖤🖤

[Jaylilo]

I’ve been making these since I was 10 years old, they have turned out SO GOOD every time!! Thank you for this recipe! 💛

[preppycoryphee]

They tasted great when I made them. I thought we had no butter so instead O used 4 1/2 tablespoons of olive oil and turned out perfect. And I later found butter.

[claribelcone]

Sarah Carey is my favorite cooking guide, ,She is clear and one can follow her steps, ,She has a gift for teaching !

[Lherrerajr]

Just made these. Literally chewing on one. Really good. They screamed for some cinnamon. Glad I added it. Very yummy

[smxlesssquad]

i made these and i am only 12 THEY TURNED OUT thanks soooo much

[amyscott]

I have SIX kids...and I'd like to think we are "Cookie Conniseurs"....and this recipe IS good...but I suggest adding a couple of teaspoons of cinnamon....you will be shocked at the immense difference it makes to the flavor of the cookie! oh...and thanks sarah.

[eliahgolan]

OMG, made this for a bake sale and they were a hit, it was so good, people were begging me for the recipe, and I said, you can say that to sarah!
THAK YOU SARAH

[lizzy]

I just did this recipe and I am impressed. I cut the ingredients by half and just used a tablespoon of brown sugar and a tablespoon of Splenda instead of white sugar. As a result the mixture is a bit more runny so I added 1 tbsp of the flour. It was enough for about 8 cookies. I also substituted the raisins for cranberries. They came out VERY tasty, natural and chewy and the sweetness was perfect, my family loved it. Thank you so much for this video!

[nadja]

This video should be called: The only recipe of oatmeal raisin cookies you’ll ever need! :) tried it, loved it!

[ugluduck]

no-nonsense kind of woman and delicious cookies too. Soooo refreshing !! Thanks so much,

[thebandito]

I made the cookies and they are the best thing I've ever made! I changed the recipe a little by using cranberries and putting cinnamon in the mixture..thanks for the recipe!

[rhondaaa]

After numerous failed attempts with other recipes... THIS ONE Thank you!

[marquitajohnson]

My 11 year old daughter made these for her Papa (his favorite) for Father's day. He absolutely loved them. She was so proud. Thanks!!

[TheBadboylost]

Amazing cookies. I just made them for my family. I had a large ice-cream scoop, so ended up with just 8 large cookies. Everyone loved them. Thanks a lot.