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Michelles Old Fashioned Oatmeal Cookies Recipe


Michelles  Old Fashioned Oatmeal Cookies Recipe
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I love Oatmeal cookies and these are the best ever. I have tried every recipe around and this one is by far the BEST. I met a lady at my sons baseball game who was in search for the perfect oatmeal cookie and was having the hardest time finding a g... More

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the raisins soaking


Getting ready to mix


Me mixing the raisin


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Cookie Dough being r


Putting in the oven!

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Ingredients
  • 3 eggs,wellbeaten
  • 1 cup raisins
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 cup butter flavored crisco
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 2 1/2 cups flour
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2 tsp soda
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 2 cups old fashioned oats
  • 1 cups nuts( optional)

Directions
  1. Combine eggs, raisins and vanilla in a bowl and let stand 1 hour(this step is what makes these cookies the best)
  2. Cream the crisco, brown sugar and white sugar.
  3. Add slowly the flour, salt, soda and cinnamon. Mix well.
  4. Add the egg raisin and vanilla mixture. Mix.
  5. Add the oats and nuts. Dough will be stiff.
  6. Roll in to balls .
  7. Roll in white sugar(do this step,it makes it so good)
  8. Put on cookie sheet and bake at 350 for 10 to 12 minutes.

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Can butter or margarine be substituted for the crisco?


I am not Michelle, but I can tell you that the Crisco makes the cookies softer. A combination of the two would probably be best. A little butter never hurts anything. :)


Hey Debra, Yes you could use the butter or margarine.(they will have a little more crunch) I have not used them for this recipe but Im sure it would be fine. I would encourage you to try the butter crisco..it will make the cookie super moist. What dandelion said is true. ;)Tell me how they turn out!~M


I just bought butter flavored crisco for another recipe and these cookies provide another use for it. = )


Sunny,
Good! I hope you like the cookies. Let me know what you think.~M


They look great! I will be making them using butter. I live in WI, it's almost a sin to use anything else here. I will let you know how they turn out.


THANK YOU FOR POSTING THIS. I love oatmeal cookies. I use butter in everything. I learned from trial and error and best soft cookies use crisco. I always believed in sweet butter for all my recipes but when you use butter the cookies will be crunchy and not soft. Hey that is ok if you love crisp cookie. I love soft cookies. Thanks for posting. I agree with you on the crisco. I always believe in trying the recipe as posted before changing it. THis way one knows how to adjust from the original before adding their twist.


Printed and making these this weekend. . . Yum! and thank you =D


Anyone reading this. . .defintiely MAKE these cookies! They are a winner and will be a forever keeper after the first time you make them! Michelle, your wonderful for sharing =D


I made these this morning and I substituted dried cranberries and used pistachios. Very Very good! So tasty and moist. Rolling them in the sugar adds a nice touch. Thank you!


Ok, I had to make the blackberry cobbler because it called for pouring hot water on for the last 15 minutes. That was so weird but what a treat. So now I have to go get buttery Crisco and make your cookies. Hope my pics turn out like yours and looking forward to soft chewy Oatmeal raisin cookies from you. You sure bake a lot of sinful stuff up there in Idaho. Best. JJ


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