Oatmeal Raisin Cookie Recipe

My grandma, Betty Collins, was a cafeteria lady for most of her career. She worked at Matthews Elementary School in the 1980s and 1990s. Her kitchen counter was always filled with sweets she’d bake at home in her free time. Cinnamon rolls, chocolate cream pies, crumbly apple pies, and my favorite, her oatmeal raisin cookies. Every time we’d go to visit her, she’d always have these cookies as well as cartons of chocolate milk for me from the school.

Ingredients:

  • 1 Cup Butter, melted, then cooled
  • 1/2 Cup Sugar
  • 1 Cup Light Brown Sugar
  • 2 Eggs
  • 1 TSP Vanilla Extract
  • 1 1/2 Cups All-Purpose Flour, sifted
  • 1 TSP Baking Soda
  • 1 TSP Cinnamon
  • 1/2 TSP Salt
  • 3 Cups Quaker Old Fashioned Oats
  • 1 Cup Raisins

Directions:

  1. Cream butter, and both sugars until smooth and creamy in a bowl of an electric mixer. Add eggs and vanilla, and mix well.
  2. In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt.
  3. Turn the mixer on low, add flour mixture, oats, and raisins. Be sure to scrape the sides of the bowl down.
  4. Cover and refrigerate for a minimum of 30 minutes.
  5. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Form dough balls measuring roughly 1½ Tablespoons.
  6. Place on sheet tray 2 inches apart and bake 12 to 14 minutes, depending on how hot your oven runs.