Community Pick
Famous Oatmeal Cookies
"Oatmeal cookies are my BF's favorite, so I've tried LOTS of different recipes. This is the BEST one!!! I found it online somewhere--these are sort of crunchy, not cakey at all, and not overly sweet. YUM!"
photo by Baby Kato
- Ready In:
- 18mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Yields:
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5 dozen
ingredients
- 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
- 3⁄4 cup vegetable shortening (or margarine)
- 1⁄2 cup granulated sugar
- 1⁄4 cup water
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 3 cups Quaker Oats (quick or old fashioned, uncooked)
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt (optional)
- 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
directions
- Heat oven to 350°F.
- Cream together brown sugar, shortening, and granulated sugar; add water, eggs, and vanilla: beat well.
- Add combined oats, flour, salt, and baking soda: mix well.
- Drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets.
- Bake 11-13 minutes until edges are golden brown.
- Remove to wire rack; cool completely.
- Store tightly covered.
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Reviews
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I rarely bake anything but I had the ingredients on hand for this and tried it. Well I jus might be a "baker" now. These were good!! Just like real "homemade" Oatmeal Cookies. Thanks Melismak. -
These cookies passed the 3 year old cookie fanatics taste test and will be added to my weekly cookie baking menu. Crunchy and great tasting. Thanks for the recipe! -
A pretty good soft oatmeal cookie for those who don't care for raisins. It could use a little spice I think. Thanks for posting. -
So disappointed in this cookie recipe. Expectations were high as 28 people gave it 5 stars. I second guessed adding the water & I wished I had not added the water. Fortunately I bake 1 cookie when trying a new recipe so added more flour to compensate. Then saw salt was optional, so didn't add on it. Definitely needed the salt.
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This was EXACTLY the recipe I was looking for. Lightly crispy on the outside, but chewy at the same time. I added raisins, chocolate chips and cinnamon. Yummmmmm!Fantastic! Thanks meow!
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Tweaks
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These turned out so good I had to share! They were crispy and golden on the outside and chewy on the inside.. I tweaked them quite a bit because I am a little crazy like that and? I made it just like it said but I used melted coconut oil added 2 tablespoons of molasses, 2 tsp. Cinnamon 1/4 tsp. Nutmeg and an extra tsp of vanilla because I love real vanilla. I also made them into bar cookies and out them in a 9x13 cake pan and baked them for about 35 to 40 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean. My husband told me they were the best oatmeal raisin bar cookies I have ever made! Thats awesome because I have made a lot of them in my lifetime!
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My dad loved them, and that means a lot because he owned a bakery :) The recipe is good as written, but I made some change: I subbed the shortening for 2/3 cup of oil, so they were crunchy (but I like them better that way). If you want them chewy, just bake it 9-10 min. The dough was very sticky (probably due to the oil) so I chilled it. I did add 1tsp of cinnamon and subbed the granulatd sugar for Splenda, but kept the brown sugar (very important in a cookie recipe! :p). Thank you!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
spatchcock
United States
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