Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

Submitted by Marina F

"My family loves these cookies. I have had the recipe for years and do not remember who gave it to me or where I got it from but this is the only oatmeal raisin cookie recipe I use."

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Yields: 60 cookies

ingredients

• 1 cup Crisco (I prefer 1/2 c margarine & 1/2 Crisco) or 1 cup butter (I prefer 1/2 c margarine & 1/2 Crisco)
• 3⁄4 cup sugar
• 3⁄4 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
• 2 large eggs
• 1 1⁄2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups quick oats
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1⁄2 cup raisins
• 1⁄2 cup coconut

directions

1. Cream Crisco/butter; add sugars gradually.
2. Beat in eggs, alternating with vanilla.
3. Combine flour, baking soda and salt.
4. Gradually add to cream mixture.
5. Add oats, raisins and coconut.
6. Grease pan: drop by spoonful.
7. Bake at 325°F for 10 minutes.

Reviews

[Sama D.]

Chewy and perfect balance of sweet/salty. If adding chocolate chips, I'd recommend cutting back on sugar a little. This is by far the Best oatmeal raisin cookie recipe I have ever made and the batch size is enough to store or share.

 

[Chef Dudo]

Good cookies albeit that they were a little too soft for our liking, would have preferred a crispier cookie. As another reviewer mentioned I cut down on the sugar using 1/2 cup of each and upped the coconut and raisins to scant one cup each.<br/>The cookies spread just a little and I used a full tablespoon as measurement. Since Crisco is practically non-existent here I used only margarine.<br/>The cookies baked for 12 minutes and I got 47 out of the batch. <br/>Thanks for posting.

 

[Vino p.o. prn]

Very good...the coconut added a nice unexpected flavor to the cookies!

 

[Susie Louise]

Good cookies! Very easy to whip together. The recipe seemed too sweet, so I reduced the sugars to 1/2 cup each, increased raisins to 3/4 cup and reduced the coconut to 1/4 cup. ( I also used 1/2 butter and 1/2 Crisco.) The texture was really wonderful--chewy, not doughy. Thank you so much for sharing!

 

[MsFryCake]

I made these "wonderful" Oatmeal cookies last night. My husband isn't a raisin lover so I substituted them for 1/2 chopped walnuts. He and I both loved them. I knew this was going to be a keeper and it is. Thanks Marina for sharing.