Old Fashioned Oatmeal Cookie Recipe

This might be an old fashioned oatmeal cookie recipe but it's one of the best oatmeal cookie recipes in my recipe file. I use Quaker Old Fashioned oatmeal when I make this cookie.

This cookie is good anytime of year but they are especially nice during holidays or as cookie gifts for friends and family.

Old Fashioned Oatmeal Cookies

1 cup raisins
1 cup water
3/4 cup shortening
1 1/2 cups white sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
2 cups Quaker Old Fashioned rolled oats
1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Preheat your oven to 400 degrees F.

Simmer the raisins and water over medium heat until the raisins are nice and plump, maybe 15 minutes. Drain the raisins and reserve all the liquid. If it's necessary add enough water to the reserved liquid to measure 1/2 cup.

Mix the shortening, white sugar, eggs and vanilla extract thoroughly. Stir in the reserved raisin liquid.

Blend in the remaining ingredients.

Drop by cookie scoop (Consistent size is important!) about 2 inches apart onto half sheet pans lined with a silpat baking mat.

Bake the cookies for about 8 to 10 minutes or until they are light brown. DO NOT OVERBAKE!

Allow the cookies to cool a few minutes on the sheet pan and then move them to a non-stick cooling rack to cool completely.

This cookie recipe has always worked perfectly for me. The fact that it uses shortening instead of butter and the relatively high oven temperature means they spread just right before setting up.

The links below are to the cookie baking equipment I use. The links are for the same items at Amazon.

Try this deliciously chewy Old Fashioned Oatmeal Cookie Recipe!

You Might Need:

• Kitchen Supply Aluminum Half Size Sheet Pan 18-inch by 13-inch

• Calphalon 12-by-17-Inch Rectangular Nonstick Cooling Rack

• Silpat 11-5/8-by-16-1/2-Inch Nonstick Silicone Baking Mat

• Oxo Good Grips Cookie Scoop