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Oatmeal Cookies are the Rodney Dangerfield of the cookie community. They just don’t get no respect, ya know? They have a reputation as being bland, slightly boring attempts to pass off a healthy breakfast grain as a dessert. Even my youngest thumbed her nose up…like so:
“I don’t like oatmeal cookies.”
“You’ve never had oatmeal cookies.”
“I know. Because I don’t like them.”
Ok, there is a certain “8 year old kid” logic to that.
Maybe what we need is a marketing campaign for oatmeal cookies. Like..
- “Hey, it’s a cookie.”
- “Oatmeal: It’s not boring, just laid back.”
- “They were good enough for Grandma.”
Grandmas know that oatmeal cookies are economical, delicious and easy. And I think this recipe might change your mind about oatmeal cookies.
First, we’re going to soak the raisins. And feel free to swap out the raisins for dried cherries or cranberries. Those are great too!
Put your raisiny mess in the fridge for about 1 hour.
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Grandma’s Oatmeal Cookies
3 eggs, well beaten
1 cup raisins
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup butter
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup white sugar
2 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 cups oatmeal
3/4 cup chopped pecans
Pour the beaten eggs over the raisins and add the vanilla. Put in the fridge for 1 hour.
Cream together butter and sugars together. Combine the flour, salt, cinnamon and baking soda and add to the creamed mixture. It’ll be crumbly.
Blend in egg-raisin mixture and add the oatmeal. The dough will be stiff.
Drop by tablespoonfuls onto a greased cookie sheet (a silicone sheet works great), or roll into balls and flatten slightly.
Bake ‘em at 350 degrees for 10 to 12 minutes or until lightly browned.
Then visit your Grandma and share ‘em.
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April 22nd, 2009 at 2:38 pm
PotBelly’s in DC has the best oatmeal cookies I’ve ever had. There isn’t as much oat as usual and they use chocolate chips instead on raisins. They are awesome. I wouldn’t have the slightest idea how to make them, but I guarantee that your little one would like.
April 22nd, 2009 at 6:09 pm
I think those look delish, but the raisins would stop my kids from eating them. Picky kids.
April 23rd, 2009 at 6:43 am
i wondered where you were going with the rodney dangerfield shout-out, and i wasn’t disappointed. i love your slogans, and yes indeed, if they’re good enough for grandma, they’re good enough for us. and although it goes without saying, your cookies look sensational.
April 28th, 2009 at 3:44 am
I’ve always loved oatmeal cookies. I don’t understand why they don’t get the respect they deserve. Let’s start a campaign to give them their rightful place in the food world, LOL
April 30th, 2009 at 8:26 pm
I love oatmeal cookies…with chocolate chips. Monster cookies are my fave. They have oatmeal, butterscotch chips, M&M’s, choc. chips, and peanut butter. Not so much healthy or economical, but there’s still oatmeal, so they count, right?
My kids are anti-raisin too. I personally could eat a stack of these (with raisins) right now. Good recipe!
June 6th, 2009 at 3:13 pm
Oatmeal cookies don’t get a lot of attention because they are kind of plain and not very sexy or flashy. They may be a plain jane of the cookie world but popular nonetheless. I would venture to guess that they are the second most popular cookie baked in American home, running a distant #2 to the chocolate chip cookie. Did you know that it’s estimated that 85% of the cookies baked in American home kitchens are chocolate chip?