The Very Best Oatmeal Cookies

Shame on me that I never reviewed these. I make them all the time. They are one of my go to oatmeal cookie recipes. I always get compliments and requests for the recipe. They make a thinner, crunchier cookie, and I like them best plain, w/ no nuts, raisins or chips. Came to the recipe today b/c I need a dessert for a kosher friend for a meat meal, and these are parve, an added bonus!

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I may never make a different recipe! I added half a bag of chocolate chips (all I had) and they were great. Crispy edge, chewy middle - just like everyone says. No flavor overpowers another. Completely yummy.

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ya these are good; I was tempted to tweek, as is my wont, but I resisted and am glad; I did place the dough in the 'fridge as I have found that chilled dough works better for me. And DO flatten them a bit, it's what gives the cookie a crispy outer edge and a soft chewy center. Yay Sharlene

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I have very bad luck baking cookies, but this is the first time my cookies have ever turned out good! The recipe was very simple. I didn't add anything in and it came out sooo good. After looking at them at 10 minutes, i left them in for another couple of minutes and they turned out perfectly. Thank you for posting this excellent cookie recipe! :)

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True to its name this is THE VERY BEST OATMEAL COOKIE ever! This cookie was easy, it baked well and reminds of commercial quality. I used butter instead and added a touch of orange extract with the vanilla and used English Walnuts only. Thanks for posting this recipe. I will use this to make variations. Just wonderful!

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Awesome cookies. Used butterscotch chips to make "oatmeal scotchies" and get rave reviews everywhere I take them. Sweet but not too sweet and addictive!

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I made these for our Fourth of July BBQ - it represented the "Amber Waves of Grain" in "America the Beautiful". I went with 1 cup raisins, and then added a 1/2 cup red hot candies which added a most delicious cinnamon flavor and crunch, not to mention a festive color to the platter. I made enormous cookies (used an ice cream scoop), and split one with my husband this evening. We couldn't keep our hands out of the dough! A++ Will bake again! :)

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Sharlene - These were fantastic! I make cookies all the time and in my entire life have never made oatmeal cookies. I'm not sure why, but I'm sure glad I did because these were great! Mine weren't cakey and fluffy like the 2 pictures, but they were soft and chewey with a nice crispy edge. I followed the recipe exactly without any add ins and baked them for 9 minutes. Thanks for sharing this wonderful cookie recipe!

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Sharlene did it. She found the best oatmeal cookie ever. They are delicious. We made them without the chocolate chips. Thanks Sharlene!!

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Very tasty recipe! We loved it. Will definitely make it again.

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Great cookies!! Excellent taste. I just had to bake them for about 16 min because they appeared like they were not done. I saved this recipe and will make them again for sure!

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I did modify this recipe slightly. Instead of 1 cup shortening, I split for 1/2C shortening and 1/2C butter. I wanted more of the melt in your mouth flavor of butter. Just couldn't imagine a cookie without butter. The cookies still had that crispy outside and a soft inside. Made half without any additions and then used mini choc chips and pecan in the other half.

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This was a good oatmeal cookie recipe but it wasn't the very best I have tasted. I was surprised by people saying they were the very best. The quakers oats famous recipe is better. I baked as directed and as several readers said they need to cook a bit longer. Maybe about 12 minutes

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These cookies are crispy on the edges and chewy in the middle. They are on the sweet side even though I only used a total of 1 cup of sugar: 1/2 brown/1/2 white. I also baked them for 9 minutes. Don't forget to flatten them out a bit because they don't spread very much. I didn't use any of the optional items because my family likes them plain.

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These really are the VERY best oatmeal cookies! They are soft and sweet, and keep really well! I substituted 1/2 a cup of sifted whole wheat flour for part of the flour, and added a little cinnamon. Otherwise, no nuts, raisins, chocolate chips or other additions though, and they were fabulous! Thanks for a great go to recipe! They were so good I'm making a double recipe today so that I can send two dozen home with my Dad for the family! :D

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I don't eat oatmeal cookies very often but for whatever reason I had a craving for some so I did a search for cookies without raisins and with shortening. I don't like raisins in cookies and I find that while butter is good for some things baking cookies is not one of them and I wanted to find a recipe that agreed with me. I did not add in the optional ingredients. These were delicious and enjoyed by all. I did not bother beating the eggs before adding them to the mixture and I rolled by hand into small balls and got 3 1/2 dozen. Froze half of them for a later date. Perfect!

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Exellent cookies! I added a healthy dash of cinnamon and some chopped walnuts, but otherwise followed the recipe to the letter, omitting the other optional ingredients. I'll be making these again! Thanks!

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This really wasn't that good. I prefer cookies that use old-fasioned oats. If you really want the very best oatmeal cookies, try Oatmeal Raisin Cookies.

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OK, I know why you named them the "Very Best" oatmeal cookies... because they're the very best I've ever made! Just a little crispy on the outside without the entire cookie being too hard to bite through. A+++!

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My kids LOVED these cookies, & I love that they're eating freshly baked healthy snacks like this. The last of the cookies were fought over, so this recipe is definitely a keeper!

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