These cookies are a favorite in our house. I use the recipe for Quaker’s Best Oatmeal Cookies from Quaker Oats.com just like my mother used to make them off the back of the oatmeal box. I almost never bake but when I do I want a recipe I know that will turn out each and every time.
I love that I can customize these cookies for each child. My daughter prefers them plain. My son wants his with milk chocolate chips. I prefer mine with Craisins and white chocolate chips. For Christmas this year we added a white chocolate drizzle to the cookies.
Whatever you add these are easy and delicious!
Quaker Old-Fashioned Oatmeal Cookies
Ingredients:
- 3 Cup(s) Quaker® Oats (quick or old-fashioned, uncooked)
- 1/4 Teaspoon(s) ground nutmeg
- 1/2 Teaspoon(s) salt (optional)
- 1 Teaspoon(s) ground cinnamon
- 1 Teaspoon(s) Baking Soda
- 1 1/2 Cup(s) all-purpose flour
- 1 Teaspoon(s) vanilla
- 1 Egg(s)
- 1/2 Cup(s) granulated sugar
- 3/4 Cup(s) firmly packed brown sugar
- 1 1/4 Cup(s) (2-1/2 sticks) margarine or butter, softened
- Mix-ins: chocolate chips, raisins, Craisins, white chocolate chips (if desired)
Directions:
- Heat oven to 375°F.
- In large bowl, beat margarine and sugars until creamy.
- Add egg and vanilla; beat well.
- Add combined flour, baking soda, cinnamon, salt and nutmeg; mix well.
- Add oats; mix well.
- Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets.
- Bake 8 to 9 minutes for a chewy cookie or 10 to 11 minutes for a crisp cookie. Cool 1 minute on cookie sheets; remove to wire rack. Cool completely. Store tightly covered.
- Note: We melted white chocolate discs in the microwave and then drizzled it over the cooled cookies to add a bit of color to the cookies.
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They look delicious!
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I must try!! 🍪🍪
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They are so simple! Add Craisins or drizzle chocolate on them to make the “fancy.”
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OMG!! YES!! Thank you, I must try
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I was just looking at this quaker oats recipe today and now it’s on my feed, I think it’s a sign that I need to make these!
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Lol! I think so!
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I love oatmeal cookies with raisins! I’ll always pick those over chocolate chip. I’ve never tried that recipe, maybe I will this year. 🙂
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It’s good with Craisins and white chocolate too if you like them.
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Fabulous! 🙂
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Thank you!
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YUM! They look awesome!
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Thank you!
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The basic recipes I have found to be the best! Yummm I need to try these.
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Thanks. This is one of those grandmotherly type recipes that I love!
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yes I have found these to be some of my favorites and the ones I use all the time. I also add things that my kids like! I will try this one for sure!
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Oatmeal cookies are one of my fav’s 🙂
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I like them quite a bit too. Especially with chocolate in them!
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Love oatmeal cookies
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They never were my favorite but they definitely have grown on me! 🙂
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Oh, yum!!
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Thank you so very much!
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