Description
Homemade oatmeal raisin delight cookies bring nostalgic comfort with classic ingredients and warm spices. Bakers can easily craft these delectable treats that blend sweet raisins, hearty oats, and rich butter for a satisfying cookie experience you’ll savor.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 ½ cups (360 ml) whole rolled oats
- 1 cup (240 ml) all-purpose flour
- ¾ cup (180 ml) packed brown sugar
- ¾ cup (120 g) raisins
- ½ cup (120 ml) coconut oil or unsalted butter, melted
- 1 large egg
- 1 large egg yolk
- ½ cup (60 g) chopped walnuts (optional)
- 2 tsps vanilla extract
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp sea salt
- ½ tsp cinnamon
Instructions
- Preparation: Preheat oven to 350°F (177°C) and line baking sheets with parchment paper for seamless cookie release.
- Dry Mixture: Sift flour, baking soda, baking powder, ground cinnamon, and salt in a mixing bowl, ensuring uniform distribution of dry ingredients.
- Wet Foundation: Cream coconut oil or butter with brown sugar until smooth, then integrate egg, egg yolk, and vanilla extract into a cohesive mixture.
- Dough Composition: Gently combine wet and dry ingredients, stirring minimally to maintain cookie tenderness, then fold in rolled oats, raisins, and walnuts with careful precision.
- Resting Phase: Let dough rest at room temperature for 20 minutes, allowing flavors to meld and preventing excessive spread during baking.
- Portioning: Drop uniform dough portions onto prepared sheets, spacing them 2 inches apart to ensure proper cookie development.
- Baking Process: Bake for 10-12 minutes, watching for light golden edges and slightly puffed centers as indicators of perfect doneness.
- Cooling Stage: Allow cookies to rest on baking sheet for 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to complete cooling and achieve ideal texture.
Notes
- Prevent Overmixing: Stir dough gently to keep cookies tender and soft, stopping when ingredients are just combined to avoid tough, dense results.
- Resting Dough Matters: Let cookie dough sit for 20 minutes at room temperature, allowing flavors to blend and preventing excessive spreading during baking.
- Temperature Control: Bake at 350°F and watch closely for light golden edges, which signal perfectly cooked cookies with a soft, chewy center.
- Cooling Technique: Allow cookies to rest on baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack, helping them set and develop ideal texture.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 11 minutes
- Category: Snacks, Desserts
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 21
- Calories: 150
- Sugar: 8 g
- Sodium: 100 mg
- Fat: 7 g
- Saturated Fat: 5 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 22 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 20 mg