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I realize it is a pretty big claim, but I stand by it – these are the Best Ever Oatmeal Cookies!
Packed with yummy things like coconut and butterscotch chips, not to mention toasted walnuts and raisins, Best Ever Oatmeal Cookies have a nice crispy exterior and a very chewy interior.
There’s just something about an oatmeal cookie – they are so homey and comforting. Didn’t everybody’s grandma make some fantastic oatmeal cookies? I think I have updated Grandma’s favorite. Shhh – don’t tell her I said so.
This is a flexible recipe
You can vary the good things you add to the basic recipe. They are good with pecans, hazelnuts, or any dried fruit You can use other flavors of chips if you like. Try a combination of butterscotch and chocolate maybe? Use regular rolled oats, not the quick cooking kind, which will kind of lose their texture. The dough sits at room temperature for a couple of hours which ensures the oatmeal gets nicely hydrated before baking. It makes a difference in the baked cookies.
My husband is actually a bigger fan of these Best Every Oatmeal cookies than I am, and he particularly likes raisins. [I am more fond of these Chocolate Chip Cookies 😉] I make sure to include raisins for him, but I know not everyone loves them. You can just leave them out if they aren’t your cup of tea. Diced-up apricots would be good, as would chopped dried apple slices.
Toast the Nuts
It is rather an important step in any cookie recipe to toast the nuts. Toasting does a number of things. It deepens the flavor for one. Toasted nuts are crunchier. They stay crunchier in these cookies, as they sit in your cookie jar too. Untoasted nuts are more likely to absorb moisture from the baked cookies and become a bit soggy. Toasted nuts are less likely to do that. I buy nuts in bulk at places like Sam’s Club and toast the whole bag when I open them. Then I freeze them for later batches of cookies – they stay nice for months in the freezer.
Here is how to make Best Ever Oatmeal Cookies
Best Ever Oatmeal Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup room temperature butter
- 1 1/2 cups light brown sugar well packed
- 2 eggs at room temperature
- 1/4 cup molasses
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 2 cups whole rolled oats
- 1 cup sweetened shredded coconut
- 1 cup raisins
- 1 cup toasted walnuts chopped
- 1 cup butterscotch chips
Instructions
- Add the butter and sugar to the bowl of the mixer
- On medium speed beat the butter and sugar, until fluffy and lighter in color.
- Add the eggs and beat until well combined.
- Beat in the molasses and vanilla.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt and spices.
- Add the oatmeal to the flour mixture and mix well.
- Add the flour-oatmeal mixture, and coconut to the mixing bowl and beat until well combined. Start on low speed, so that the dry ingredients don't fly around, and gradually increase as they become more mixed.
- On low speed, mix in the nuts, raisins, and butterscotch chips.
- Cover the bowl and allow the dough to sit at room temperature for about 2 hours. It can also be refrigerated overnight if you prefer.
- When you are ready to bake the cookies, preheat the oven to 350º, and line heavy baking sheets with parchment paper, or grease the sheet.
- Portion cookies with a medium scoop - about 1 & 1/2 tablespoons, leaving a couple inches of space around each cookie so they can spread out.
- Bake for about 16 minutes, turning the baking sheets halfway through to ensure they bake evenly.
- Cool completely before storing in a tightly sealed container. Will keep at room temperature for up to a week.
Notes
I have to say that they are pretty much irresistible!
How can I store these Best Ever Oatmeal Cookies?
You will want to store these in an airtight container, and they will be fine at room temperature for a week. Any longer than that, and you will want to either refrigerate them or freeze them. They would keep nicely for another week in the fridge, and a couple months in the freezer.
I need another cup of tea to go with these!
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It’s hard to resist a cookie with that title! I adore oatmeal cookies, and homemade are always the best, but I have to say these really do sound special with all those ingredients!
Thanks Sue!
No bets against these being the best from me. They look perfect and since I am looking for some cookies to bake this weekend, I just gotta stop at the store from some butterscotch chips and I’ll be ready to bake. thanks SO much for a great idea!!!
Hope that you love them Marci!
That is what I would call a loaded oatmeal cookie! They sound terrific.
Thanks Karen!
I’m with you on that statement.
When you play around with your recipes, tweak em here and there, you do eventually
come up with the best.
For sure Dawn – I can’t ever leave a recipe alone 🙂
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Thanks OGT and so glad you like the blog! Hope to see you again soon 🙂
Oh my, they sure do look tempting Donalyn and mother approved too, lol…Thanks for sharing…
Thanks Louise – hope that you give them a try!
These have my mouth watering. There is noting like a little chewy cookie to get me through the afternoon lag.
Oh yeah – I definitely agree with that, Bam!
Sounds great. Might make mine with some cinnamon chips and dried cherries in it. Yummy!
I have made these twice, adding chocolate chips as well, and I must say, these really ARE the best cookies ever. So important to flip them midway through. The dough makes a lot of cookies, and sometimes, I just sit and eat the dough! I made them, and couldn’t remember where I found the recipe, so I hunted you down for like 30 minutes trying to find it again. Pinned! These are AWESOME!!!
So glad to hear that you like them, Daniel – you have me thinking I’ll go and make a fresh batch myself!
I was wondering if we would like so many add-ins, but these are perfect!
I’m glad to hear that Onna!
My favorite oatmeal cookies!
Mine too – thanks for commenting!
I think you’re right. They are certainly the best oatmeal cookies I’ve ever made! Thanks a bunch for this recipe!
These look amazing and I can’t wait to try them! Do you think that unsweetened coconut would work?
It would Tammy – they just might not be quite as sweet, but the flavor and texture will still be good.
They’re the best I have ever made, absolutely!
Aw, thanks Charma!