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Best Oatmeal Cookies
This is a family favorite that I have been making for years. It's the most requested oatmeal cookie recipe I've ever made. I found it somewhere years ago, but have lost the source. The secret is soaking the raisins which makes all the difference.
by Merrie Wold
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cookies 
1¼ hours 1 hour prep
1¼ hours | 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 |
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- This is a very important first step that makes the cookie: combine eggs, raisins and vanilla and let stand for one hour.
- Cream together butter and sugars.
- Add flour, salt, cinnamon and soda and mix well.
- Blend in egg-raisin mixture, oatmeal, and chopped nuts.
- Dough will be stiff.
- Drop by heaping teaspoons onto ungreased cookie sheet, or roll into balls and flatten slightly.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 10 to 12 minutes or until lightly browned.
"Best Oatmeal Cookies" Recipe #54351
Posted: Feb 18, 2003
photo by CulinaryQueen
This recipe had a very nice flavor. I followed your directions except for cutting back on the sugar (3/4 c each plus I didn't pack the brn sugar). I took them into the office where they were immediately inhaled by everyone ... they couldn't stop raving about them. Thank you for sharing.