Chewy Oatmeal Cookies. If you love a chewy cookie, you will enjoy these. I changed it slightly to make it slightly more healthy. Chewy Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies Chewy Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies. These are the best oatmeal cookies with all my favorite extras: dried cherries, white chocolate chips and macadamia nuts. —Sandy Harz, Spring Lake, Michigan. Chewy Good Oatmeal Cookies Recipe photo by Taste of Home.

Test Kitchen Approved; There's nothing quite like a batch of homemade Oatmeal Cookies, just like Grandma made! This is my favorite oatmeal cookie recipe! They're soft and chewy, perfectly spiced, dotted with juicy raisins and crunchy walnuts and always sure to satisfy those cookie cravings. You can have Chewy Oatmeal Cookies using 11 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Chewy Oatmeal Cookies

You need 1/2 cup of unsalted butter, softened.
It's 1/4 cup of white sugar.
Prepare 3/4 cup of brown sugar.
You need 1 of egg, room temperature.
It's 2 tsp. of vanilla.
It's 1 cup of all purpose flour.
It's 1/2 tsp. of baking powder.
It's 1/4 tsp. of salt.
It's 1/2 tsp of cinnamon.
Prepare 1 2/3 cup of old fashioned oats, uncooked.
It's 1 cup of optional mix in (raisins, chocolate chips, m&m's, butterscotch chips).

This cookie is practically nutritious with applesauce, raisins and nuts. Great with a glass of milk! These soft & chewy oatmeal raisin cookies are just like how grandma used to make them. Nothing fancy or complicated, just pure homemade goodness.

Chewy Oatmeal Cookies instructions

Cream the butter with a hand-held mixer for a minute. Then add in both sugars and cream together for 2 minutes more..
Add in the vanilla and egg. Mix until everything is well blended..
In a separate bowl whisk together the oats, flour, baking powder, salt and cinnamon..
Add the dry mixture into the wet in stages while mixing until it's all added and combined..
Gradually fold in an optional add in, if using (Raisins are what's pictured)..
Dough will be very thick and sticky. Cover and place in the fridge for at least 30 minutes..
Preheat the oven to 325° F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper..
Roll the chilled dough into small balls and set on prepared cookie sheets, about 2 inches apart..
Cook for 8-10 minutes. Cookies should only be very lightly browned around the edges and will still look very soft in the center. Let cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes, then transfer to a cooling rack to cool completely..
Store in an air tight container, room temperature..

Oatmeal cookies are a timeless classic. They are one of the sweet treats many of us have been enjoying since childhood, eventually baking batches of our own. Is there anything better than a soft, thick, and chewy cookie? I've always been a huge fan of oatmeal cookies because there's so many different things you can mix into them and they're always delicious. With oats, butter, and mostly all brown sugar, you are guaranteed a soft and chewy oatmeal cookie.