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Vanishing Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
"Oatmeal raisin cookie recipe from the Quaker Oats box before they changed the recipe"
photo by Pam-I-Am
- Ready In:
- 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Yields:
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48 cookies
ingredients
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
- 1⁄2 cup granulated sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 1⁄2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 3 cups Quicker Quaker Oats or 3 cups Old-Fashioned Quaker oats, uncooked
- 1 cup raisins
directions
- Heat oven to 350°F.
- Beat together margarine and sugars until creamy.
- Add eggs and vanilla; beat well.
- Add combined flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt; mix well.
- Stir in oats and raisins; mix well.
- Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheet.
- Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until golden brown.
- Cool 2 minutes on cookie sheet; remove to wire rack.
- Makes about 4 dozen.
Questions & Replies
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The recipe for oatmeal cookies that I am looking for was included with the Quaker Oats old fashion in the round boxesin the 1960-1970s. I called for a 1/4 c. water. -
When did Quaker Oaks change original recipe as I use to use it but Dales recipe here looks more like it. Thx in advance! -
What happened to the original receipt that had crisco, it was on the inside
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Does it make a difference if I use regular sugar over brown sugar? -
What about craisins instead of raisins?
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Reviews
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This is an easy, dependable recipe. Every time I make these I get rave reviews. Plus, you can substitute the raisins with butterscotch chips for a nice twist. -
This is a classic cookie -- easily mixed all in one bowl and irrestible when they come out of the oven. I added nuts to half of mine, just for a change and that was a nice addition. Particularly liked the cinnamon in them and the slightly crunchy texture. -
This is NOT the recipe from Quaker! The real recipe has 1c butter, no white sugar,(1.5c Brown not 1c) and it needs cinnamon.
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very very nice cookies. i halfed the recipe and added a dash of nutmeg. they were gone by the end of the day and i made them at 6 pm.
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My cookies came out sticky and didn't seem to have enough flour. I checked the recipe several times as I went along. Just to be sure(after my cookies came out of the oven to sticky), I checked this recipe with the one on the Quaker Oats web site. This recipe has 2 more Tablespoons of butter and 1/4 c. MORE brown sugar than their recipe...which explains exactly why mine aren't turning out like the cookies I remember. Sorry, but I am a bit disappointed.
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Tweaks
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First I added a tablespoon of honey to the mix. Then instead of raisins I used craisins then before baking I rolled the dough in cinnamon sugar for a crispy outside and a soft inside. I also baked them at 325 for 18-20 minutes. Yummy thanks for the recipe. Tried to add a pic but it wouldn't work on my cell phone. -
I always make this recipe around the holidays, except I substitute the raisins for a bag of heath bar bits. The heath bit caramalize a little bit in the oven and the cookies are delicious
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some people don't like raisins so put it as optional. thank you -
I substituted 1/4 cup of canola oil for 1 stick of butter, and used half the amount of granulated sugar and brown sugar than the recipe called. Cookies still turned out soft (with less fat versus using 2 sticks of butter), and quite sweet because of the raisins' natural sweetness. I ended up with 2 dozen palm-sized cookies. My husband loved them!
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I just have to say, I have been making this recipe every year as part of the family traditional cookies. They are a hit every year. And, this year, I go to get the recipe on the oatmeal container, AND THEY HAVE CHANGED IT!!!! (now calls for a stick & 6 tablespoons of butter instead of 2 sticks). So, glad to know someone preserved the correct recipe here. I am writing it down this year (call me silly, I just never worried about it).
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