Easy Oatmeal Cookies Recipe with Pecans and Raisins

Nothing beats the smell and taste of fresh home-baked oatmeal cookies. The combination of oatmeal with fruit and nuts makes them sumptuous and perfect for a snack or even a quick breakfast.

Nothing beats the smell and taste of home baked fresh Oatmeal cookies. The addition of oatmeal with the fruit and nuts makes them a sumptuous and perfect for a snack or even a quick breakfast

Easy Oatmeal Cookies Recipes with Pecans and Raisins

For our family, these little oatmeal cookies are an absolutely perfect snack. Every time Ziv is late in the morning and can’t have breakfast he grabs one of these. What’s best is the kids don’t even realize that among the raisins and pecans there are also oats. My Rhea prefers these over chocolate chip cookies.

Easy Oatmeal Cookies Recipe with Pecans and Raisins

Let’s talk ingredients – shall we?

Oats – I would recommend you use regular rolled oats. I use the quick cooking kind because my kids prefer that the oats just disappear in the cookie.
Nuts – Our favorites are pecans. And yet, you can substitute for your favorite nuts. Also, if you prefer to make it nut free, go ahead and omit the nuts or replace them with more oats.
Raisins & Cranberries – I use both because my Aadi likes raisins and Rhea loves cranberries. And yet, you can use your favorite.
Cinnamon – I love cinnamon in these. But this time I didn’t have any at home so in the video I have not used it. And yet, just mix it up in the flour. Also, often I will substitute the pumpkin spice or ginger/nutmeg for the cinnamon.
Chocolate chips – Yes you can add chocolate chips. I don’t because we often eat these for breakfast. So I try to avoid chocolate for breakfast. I know I know!!

Easy Oatmeal Cookies Recipe with Pecans and Raisins

Useful Tips and Tools

I’m not a slave to mixers. And yet, when you need some good creaming I have to insist that you use the K-Mix or Kitchen Aid.
A good baking tray is always important. So, try using a light colored baking trayBaking tray. Another option is to line the baking tray with Parchment Paper.
If you aren’t going to fill or decorate these cookies a regular rolling pin will work just fine. And yet, a Cookie rolling pin has the side spacers that will also help you with rolling. So all your cookies are leveled and bake evenly.
Also, it is really important to cool cookies completely on all sides as soon as they come out of the oven. So take them off the baking tray to prevent them cooking further and place them on a Cooking rack so they air circulates on all sides. This prevents steam from going back into the cookie thus…… keeping them crispy not soggy.
Always bake cookies on the center rack of your Oven. And if you have more than one tray simply bake them one at a time. You can bake two trays at the same time, and yet this can lead to some of the cookies in the bottom tray spreading too much. Also, you can rotate the trays during the baking. This is helpful with some cookies.
Most cookies usually bake between 10 to 12 minutes. Since cookies bake quickly they can also get over-baked. This is due to our tendency to get distracted at the last minute. Hence, my solution is a kitchen timer that is always set to 10 minutes. I turn it on as soon as I place the cookies in the oven. This has saved me many cookies since my kids always keep me busy.

Easy Oatmeal Cookies Recipe with Pecans and Raisins

Makes 16 large or 24 medium cookies

Recipe – Easy Oatmeal Cookies with Pecans and Raisins

Ingredients

225 grams / 1 cup / 2 sticks unsalted butter (room temperature)
220 grams all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon (optional)
200 grams / 1 cup brown sugar
100 grams / 1/2 cup white sugar
2 large eggs
1 1/2 cup rolled oats (read notes)
1/2 cup chocolate chips (optional)
And 1/2 cup raisins or cranberries (see notes)
Plus 1/2 cup chopped pecans or walnuts or oats (see note)
1 tsp vanilla extract

Method

Preheat the oven at 170 C / 340 F.
Swift the flour, baking soda, spice mix, and salt.
Cream the butter and sugars until light and fluffy.
Add in the eggs one at a time.
Followed by vanilla.
Add the oats.
then the flour mix.
Followed by the nuts, Raisins and chocolate chips (if using).
Stir well to combine.
Scoop or drop spoonfuls on to a baking tray.
Bake in a preheated oven at 170 C/340 F for about 8 to 10 minutes or until lightly golden.
Remove and cool on a baking tray.
Store in the cookie jar for up to 2 weeks.

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