These Soft and Chewy Oatmeal Raisin Cookies are better than grandma’s oatmeal cookies – they’re sweetened with molasses and made with juicy raisins for an extra chewy cookie!
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Friends, you have officially hit the oatmeal cookie jackpot today. The search for the ultimate soft and chewy oatmeal cookies is over – these Soft and Chewy Oatmeal Raisin Cookies are IT…and they are GOOD!! I’ve made so many different oatmeal cookies in my time as a home cook and baker and I can officially say these ones are the BEST!
What truly makes these Soft and Chewy Oatmeal Raisin Cookies the best is the added molasses – and it’s not much, only 1 tablespoons in the whole recipe – but between the molasses and dark brown sugar, these cookies have the most gorgeous dark colour and the BEST moist and chewy texture you’ll ever try in an oatmeal cookie!
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And the best part? This is SUCH a basic recipe – just a simple dough made from butter and sugar like any other cookie – but with a few special additions and a little bit of technique, you’ll soon have a kitchen full of the BEST Soft and Chewy Oatmeal Cookies you’ll ever get your cookie-loving hands on!
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I hope you love these Soft and Chewy Oatmeal Raisin Cookies as much as we do! Let me know in the comments below, what’s your favourite kind of cookie? I’d love to know!!
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Soft and Chewy Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
These Soft and Chewy Oatmeal Raisin Cookies are better than grandma's oatmeal cookies - they're sweetened with molasses for an extra chewy cookie!
Recipe: Ingredients
- 2/3 cup unsalted butter, slightly softened
- 1 cup dark brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon molasses
- 1 large egg
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
- a pinch of ground ginger
- 1 3/4 cup rolled oats
- 1 1/2 cups raisins
Recipe: Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit. Prepare baking sheets by lining them with parchment paper. Set aside.
- In the bowl of your stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment (or in a large bowl with a hand mixer), cream the butter until smooth. Butter that's been out of the fridge for about half an hour works best for this recipe. If it's too soft and the cookies will spread too much.
- Add the brown sugar and continue mixing on high speed until the butter is mixed in well.
- Add the molasses, egg, and vanilla, and mix until smooth. Be sure to scrape down the sides of the bowl to ensure everything is combined.
- Add the flour, baking powder and baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, ginger, oats and raisins.
- Mix on low speed just until the flour disappears and everything is well combined.
- Roll the dough into balls just larger than a tablespoon. Press each ball down onto the baking sheets to form a cookie shape, leaving enough room between the cookies for them to spread slightly.
- Bake at 375 degrees for about 9 minutes or until the cookies just lose their shine on top. Let them cool on the pans until almost completely cool, and then transfer them to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Store the cookies in an airtight container, or enjoy them when they're fresh!
Recipe: Nutrition
Nutrition Facts
Soft and Chewy Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
Amount Per Serving (1 serving)
Calories 207
Calories from Fat 72
% Daily Value*
Fat 8g12%
Saturated Fat 5g31%
Cholesterol 30mg10%
Sodium 108mg5%
Potassium 186mg5%
Carbohydrates 33g11%
Fiber 2g8%
Sugar 13g14%
Protein 3g6%
Vitamin A 227IU5%
Vitamin C 1mg1%
Calcium 31mg3%
Iron 1mg6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Notice: Nutrition is auto-calculated, using Spoonacular, for your convenience. Where relevant, we recommend using your own nutrition calculations.
My husband LOVES oatmeal raisin cookies! Totally making these this week!
Hope he enjoys them!!
Soft and chewy are just how I like my cookies
Me too! 🙂
One of my favorite cookies! I love the raisins, but my kids love if I put chocolate chips in them!
Mine do too! 😉
👍
So chewy and delicious! Oatmeal raisin cookies have always been a favorite of mine, and these look so tasty
Thanks!
I love the addition of molasses! I bet it adds a touch of flavor and adds to the chewiness. Trying these soon!
It sure does! 🙂
Wow these cookies are so delicious and soft and chewy! Love them!
These look really good! Perfect for my family!
Thanks so much!
I’m just making these without the raisins😳
With or without, they’re delish!
Can tbe cookie dough be frozen? If so, is it better to freeze as cookies or in its bulk form?
Thanks
I’d recommend freezing the dough balls individually. That way it’s much easier to bake from frozen 🙂
I added more ginger than was called for and used 1/2 figs and 1/2 baking fruit mix….. amazing!
Glad you liked them! Thanks!
I baked these yesterday (doubled the recipe). I usually fail with cookies for some reason but these turned out for me and they are amazing. Delicious and soft and chewy. Best oatmeal raisin cookies I’ve had.
So glad you loved them! 🙂
Added some coconut too and they were delicious! Will make again
So glad you liked them!! 🙂
My family loved these, a delightful blend of spices for a delicious twist on the oatmeal raisin cookie. Nice and soft and chewy as well, the way we love our cookies.
Thanks so much! Glad you loved them!
Made these and won’t make again, MUCH too much spice, they tasted overwhelmingly spicy, like a gingersnap cookie. Disappointing. I soaked my raisins in vanilla water beforehand which made them delicious.
I’m sorry you didn’t enjoy the spiciness.
Phenomenal! We didn’t have enough raisins so we added some dried cranberries and a few chocolate chips. So chewy. My new go – to.
Thank you Sandra! So glad you like the recipe so much!!🙂
Really nice cookie recipe. My butter softened quite a lot when I mixed it so I put the final mixture in the fridge for 15 minutes before rolling. They are quite a heavy spiced taste so I would leave out the nutmeg and cloves for a more traditional cookie taste next time.
So glad you enjoyed the recipe! Thanks so much for taking the time to leave a comment! 🙂
My new favorite chewy oatmeal cookie! They were delicious!
I’m so happy you like them!
One of the best oatmeal cookies I have tasted. The only change I made was that I used cranberries instead of raisins as I was out of raisins.
Happy you enjoyed them! Thank you for your feedback.
AMAZING!!!
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These are delicious! To the person who said they were too spicy, that is entirely a matter of opinion of taste – don’t take that out on the recipe author. I personally thought the spice level was excellent. For my oven I had to bake them for 10 minutes, and I used a cookie scoop and actually got 29 cookies out of the standard recipe instead of 18. Yay more cookies!
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OH WOW THANKS THESE ARE AMAZING ! My husband and I just had one warm out of the oven!
I’m so happy you enjoyed them! Thank you for taking the time to leave your feedback!
Delicious! perfect recipe for all. Thanks for sharing such a great recipe
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Is rolled oats the same as the Old Fashioned Quaker Oats? I didn’t know whether to use it or the quick cooking oats.
Thank you.
Yes, rolled oats are the same as Old Fashion Oats, feel free to use them for this recipe! Let us know how they turn out!