This old-fashioned recipe for spiced oatmeal raisin cookies makes the chewiest, most delicious cookies. The classic flavors of cinnamon and cloves make these oatmeal cookies irresistible.
Some recipes seem to bring a sense of nostalgia along with them. These oatmeal cookies do that for me. They are just straightforward and delicious. Bake up a batch. You’ll be glad you did.
Sometimes, you just need a little comfort in the form of cookies. These oatmeal cookies were just that.
It had been a trying few days for my boss. His favorite cookies are oatmeal raisin, so I figured I’d bring a batch in.
Luckily, my sweet friend Andrea had just shared a recipe for them on her blog, Living on Cloud Nine. She is a ray of sunshine and posts everything from fashion to recipes.
She said it was one of her oldest recipes. She makes a lot of great food, so I figured if she keeps on coming back to this recipe, they have to be good.
My normal oatmeal raisin cookie recipe is my great grandma’s oatmeal raisin step on cookies. They are amazing, but take two days to make.
We needed a cookie intervention immediately, so I pulled up Andrea’s recipe and went to work. I’m glad I did.
I think my coworkers were glad, too. The plate of cookies I brought in didn’t last long at all!
These cookies baked up soft and delicious with the slight chew from the oatmeal and raisins. There us just enough spice to make them interesting, but not so much it overpowers them.
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The only real adjustment I made to the recipe was to make it all butter. Andrea’s recipe is half butter half shortening.
I am sure you will have fabulous results either way, so do whichever you prefer. Then pour yourself a glass of milk and treat yourself!
Tips for Baking Great Cookies
Do yourself a favor and start with softened butter. It’s tempting to just go for it, but you’ll have a much easier time making an even dough if it’s nice and soft.
Don’t skimp on the chill time either. Well chilled dough bakes up much nicer, plus it gives the flavors a chance to meld.
Cookies freeze great! You can freeze balls of dough for quick baking later or freeze the baked cookies. Either way, your future self will be happy!
If you are worried about flat cookies, check out my tips for preventing cookies from spreading too much. There are some real gems in there!
If you love using oatmeal in cookies like we do, you may also like our family favorite monster cookies. Or perhaps you’d love Mimi’s brown butter cowgirl cookies or try making buttery 7 cup cookies. Bake any of them, and you’re sure to have a winner!
What are your favorite kinds of cookies?
Andrea’s Spiced Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter softened
- 1 cup light brown sugar packed
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
- 3 cups old fashioned oats
- 1 cup raisins
Instructions
- Cream together the butter and sugars until light and fluffy.1 cup butter, 1 cup light brown sugar, ½ cup granulated sugar
- Stir in the eggs, one at a time, then the vanilla extract.2 eggs, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- In a separate bowl, stir together the flour, oats, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and cloves.1½ cups all-purpose flour, 1 teaspoon baking soda, ½ teaspoon salt, ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon, ¼ teaspoon ground cloves, 3 cups old fashioned oats
- Mix the dry ingredients into the butter mixture until just combined.
- Fold in the oats and raisins.1 cup raisins
- Cover and chill for at least 15 minutes, but up to 2 days.
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Scoop by rounded teaspoonful onto cookie sheets. I used a small cookie scoop. Leave at least an inch between the balls of dough.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes. Cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes and then remove to a wire rack to cool completely.
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Yum! One of my management team is partial to oatmeal raisin, and would be thrilled if I brought these in. Putting raisins on the shopping list 🙂
Hooray! My office demolished them quickly, I am sure yours will too!
These are great, I have used dried cranberries also and I think I rather have them then raisins. I need a big glass of milk and more of these. Thank you.
Dried cranberries would be lovely in these!
Hi Carlee! Oatmeal Raisin are my favorite cookies!! I’ll have to give this recipe a try. I like the idea of cloves, with the cinnamon. I’m a big fan of freezing the balls of cookie dough, and having a freshly baked cookie at lunch, from my toaster oven. Thank you for sharing.
I love the slight spice in the background. I love freezing cookie dough too… I need a toaster oven so I can bake a few every day!
Carlee, those look great. I do love a good old-fashioned oatmeal cookie with just a hint of spice and some raisins (never chocolate chips!). So good with a cup of tea.
I'm not mad if they are chocolate chips, but there is definitely something nostalgic about oatmeal and raisins!
Oatmeal raisin cookies are my favorite. I'm so making myself a batch of these beauties this weekend!
Yay! Enjoy!
oh my precious friend, what a surprise and delight when I saw my name in your title and that they were my cookies! How sweet of you to make them for your coworkers are incredibly sweet to share my recipe! You are just precious and I adore you!
Thanks for sharing the recipe at just the right time, the cookies were delicious!