The Best Chewy Oatmeal Cookies

• Vegetarian

• Produce

  • 2/3 cup Raisins

• Refrigerated

  • 1 Egg

• Breakfast Foods

  • 1 1/2 cups Rolled oats, large

• Baking & Spices

  • 1/2 tsp Baking soda
  • 1/2 cup Brown sugar, firmly packed
  • 1/2 tsp Cinnamon
  • 7/8 cup Flour
  • 1/4 tsp Nutmeg, freshly ground
  • 1 Pinch Salt
  • 1/2 cup Sugar
  • 1 tsp Vanilla

• Nuts & Seeds

  • 1/2 cup Pecans

• Dairy

  • 1/2 cup Butter

Found on rockrecipes.com

Description

Ingredients

• ½ cup butter
• ½ cup sugar
• ½ cup brown sugar, firmly packed
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 egg
• ¾ cup + 2 Tbsp flour
• ½ tsp cinnamon
• ¼ tsp freshly ground nutmeg
• Pinch salt
• ½ tsp baking soda
• 1 ½ cups large rolled oats
• ⅔ cup raisins
• ½ cup chopped pecans, cashews, macadamias, slivered almonds or walnuts (optional)

Directions

• Cream the butter and sugars together well. Add egg and vanilla and beat until light and fluffy.
• Sift together the flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt and baking soda.
• Fold into the creamed mixture. When the dry ingredients are almost incorporated, add the rolled oats and raisins. (and nuts if you are adding them)
• Roll in one inch balls and chill for for an hour or so. The dough needs to be very cold when it goes into the oven.
• Place the balls onto a parchment lined aluminum cookie sheet about 2 ½ inches apart.
• Bake at 375 degrees for about 9-10 minutes. Do not over bake or your cookies will lose their chewy texture. They may even look a little under baked when you take them from the oven. Makes about 2 dozen cookies.