How To Make Chewy Oatmeal Cookies
Chewy, chunky, and nutty, these classic oatmeal cookies serve the perfect afternoon snack made with oats, walnuts, and cinnamon for delightful sweets.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 1cupshortening
- 1cupbrown sugar
- 1cupwhite sugar
- 2large eggs,well beaten
- 1tbspvanilla extract
- 1½cupall purpose flour
- 1tspsalt
- 1tspbaking soda
- 1tbspcinnamon
- 3cupsold fashioned rolled oats,like Quaker Quick or Old Fashioned, do not use instant
- ¾cupwalnuts,chopped
- 1cupraisins,optional
Instructions
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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
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Beat together the shortening and sugars. Add the eggs and vanilla extract, and beat well.
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Whisk together the flour, salt, baking soda, and cinnamon. Add to sugar and egg mixture and mix well. Add 1 tablespoon of water. Add the raisins and nuts, then add the oats last.
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Spoon out by heaping tablespoonfuls onto greased cookie sheets.
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Bake for 10 minutes. Remove to a wire rack.
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Serve cooled completely and enjoy.
Recipe Notes
Use ½ cup of chopped walnuts, if using raisins.
Nutrition
- Calories: 223.46kcal
- Fat: 9.81g
- Saturated Fat: 2.40g
- Trans Fat: 1.13g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 3.89g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 2.80g
- Carbohydrates: 32.20g
- Fiber: 1.56g
- Sugar: 18.01g
- Protein: 2.93g
- Cholesterol: 15.50mg
- Sodium: 121.21mg
- Calcium: 19.88mg
- Potassium: 106.13mg
- Iron: 1.10mg
- Vitamin A: 6.72µg
- Vitamin C: 0.15mg
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