Old Fashined Oatmeal Cookies With Variations Food

OLD FASHIONED OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine butter, shortening and sugars.
• Add eggs and vanilla and beat until fluffy.
• Combine flour, salt, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves and allspice.
• Add to creamed mixture; mix to blend.
• Stir in oatmeal and raisins.
• Drop a tablespoon of dough onto cookie sheet about 2-inches apart. Cookies will spread!
• Bake at 350°F for 12-15 minutes.
• Cool for about 5 minutes on cookie sheet, then remove to a cooling rack.

GRANDMA'S OLD FASHIONED OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F - you will need 3 baking sheets lined with parchment paper (again the parchment keeps the cookie from burning and makes clean up faster).
• Whisk together flour, baking powder, soda and salt.
• Beat together with mixer at low speed - butter and sugar until the sugar granules are not visible. Increase speed and beat 1 minute longer, scrape sides as needed and add egg, beat another 30 seconds. Add flour mixture 1/3 at a time and incorporate well over med speed until mixture is smooth. Add oatmeal and stir into the dough using your rubber spatula.
• Divide into 24 equal portions and bake for 13 to 16 minutes placing only one cookie sheet in the oven at a time and rotating the cookie sheet half way through your cooking time -- these are the best and the thinnest cookies and very crispy.

OLD FASHINED OATMEAL COOKIES WITH VARIATIONS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F I use silpat on my cookie sheets, if you don't use parchment paper or lightly grease the cookie sheets.
• Beat the sugars, oil, eggs and vanilla untl creamy.
• Combine oats, flour, baking soda and salt. If you are using cinnamon and or nutmeg, mix it in now.
• Hand mix into the beaten mixture.
• Mix in any variation you are going to use. A total of 1-1.5 cups of add ins is all you need.
• Drop by teaspoon full on your baking sheet.
• Bake 12-14 minutes.
• Yield will increase with add ins.

OLD FASHIONED OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F and have ready a baking sheet lined with either parchment paper or a silicone baking mat.
• In a small mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon. Set aside until ready to use.
• Add the melted butter, light brown sugar, and granulated sugar to the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment. If you don't have a stand mixer use a large mixing bowl and a handheld mixer. Mix on medium-high speed for about 2 minutes. Add the egg and vanilla extract and mix until evenly distributed.
• Add the dry ingredients and mix on low to combine. Scrape down the sides of the bowl and mix once more. Add the oats and mix on low until evenly distributed.
• Add a generous tablespoon of batter to the prepared baking sheet, spacing each cookie about 2" apart. Bake for 10-12 minutes. Remove from the oven and place on a cooling rack to cool for about 10 minutes.

OLD FASHIONED OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• HEAT oven to 350 degrees F. Coat baking sheets lightly with no-stick cooking spray.
• COMBINE shortening, brown sugar, egg, milk and vanilla in bowl of electric mixer; beat at medium speed until well blended.
• COMBINE oats, flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon. Mix into shortening mixture at low speed just until blended. Stir in raisins and walnuts. Drop by rounded measuring tablespoonfuls of dough 2 inches apart onto prepared baking sheets.
• BAKE 8 to 10 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool 2 minutes on baking sheets. Place on cooling racks to cool completely.

OLD FASHION OATMEAL COOKIES II

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (or 190 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.
• Put all ingredients except raisins (or chips) and walnuts in food processor. Mix well.
• Put in bowl and add raisins and walnuts, stir.
• Drop by teaspoons onto greased cookie sheets. Bake for 12-15 minutes. NOTE: Can use parchment paper instead of grease on cookie sheet.

OLD FASHIONED FARMSTYLE OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Whip together sugar and butter.
• Mix in milk, egg and vanilla.
• Slowly add baking soda, salt cinnamon and flour.
• Mix in oatmeal until thoroughly blended.
• Roll into balls and flatten on cookie sheet 1-2 inches apart, about 1/4 inch thick.
• Bake for 8-10 minutes or until golden brown.
• Remove from oven and let cool for 1 minute then move to cool rack.

OLD-FASHIONED FARMHOUSE OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• Position a rack in the middle of oven; preheat to 350°.
• Grease several large baking sheets or coat with nonstick spray.
• In a large heavy saucepan over medium heat, melt the butter, stirring, until completely melted and runny; remove from heat.
• Thoroughly stir the oats and 1 tablespoon water into the butter.
• Let stand for 5 minutes so the oats can hydrate.
• Vigorously stir in the sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt until thoroughly incorporated.
• Vigorously stir in the egg and raisins, then the flour until very well blended.
• If the dough is very soft, stir in 1-2 tablespoons more flour.
• If it is still soft, let stand to firm up for 5 minutes.
• In a large bowl, vigorously stir the brown sugar into the butter until well blended, mashing out any sugar
• Using a 1 1/2-inch spring-loaded scoop or heaping measuring tablespoon, form the dough into uniform mounds, spacing about 2 1/2 inches apart on the baking sheets.
• Using your fingertips, pat down the mounds just slightly.
• Bake one sheet at a time for 7-10 minutes or until the cookies are barely firm in the center tops , tinged with brown, and slightly darker at the edges.
• Transfer the baking sheets to wire racks; let stand until the cookies firm up for 3 minutes.
• Using a wide spatula, transfer the cookies to the wire racks; let cool completely.

OLD-FASHIONED OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• In a saucepan, cook raisins in water over medium heat until plump, about 15 minutes. Drain, reserving liquid. Add enough water to liquid to measure 1/2 cup. In a bowl, cream shortening, sugar, eggs and vanilla. Stir in raisin liquid. Blend in dry ingredients. Stir in raisins and oats. Add nuts if desired. , Drop by teaspoonfuls about 2 in. apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 375° for 10 to 12 minutes or until light brown.