Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

from food.com
36 cookies, 36 serving(s)

Ingredients

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 cup dark brown sugar, firmly packed
  • 2 large eggs
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • 3 cups oats (not instant)
  • 1 1/2 cups raisins

Directions

  1. 1

    Preheat oven to 350°.

  2. 2

    Whisk dry ingredients; set aside.

  3. 3

    Combine wet ingredients with a hand mixer on low.

  4. 4

    To cream, increase speed to high and beat until fluffy and the color lightens.

  5. 5

    Stir the flour mixture into the creamed mixture until no flour is visible.

  6. 6

    (Over mixing develops the gluten, making a tough cookie.) Now add the oats and raisins; stir to incorporate.

  7. 7

    Fill a #40 cookie scoop and press against side of bowl, pulling up to level dough (to measure 2 tablespoons of dough).

  8. 8

    Drop 2-inches apart onto baking sheet sprayed with nonstick spray.

  9. 9

    Bake 11-13 minutes (on center rack), until golden, but still moist beneath cracks on top.

  10. 10

    Remove from oven; let cookies sit on baking sheet for 2 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool.