Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

Ingredients

• ¾ cup butter, applesauce, equal parts butter and vegetable oil, or shortening
• 1 ¼ cup brown sugar, firmly packed
• 1 egg
• ⅓ cup water or milk
• 1 ½ tsp vanilla
• 3 cup raw oats (rolled or quick/old fashioned)
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• ½ tsp baking soda
• ½ tsp salt
• ¼ tsp cinnamon
• 1 cup raisins
• ¾ cup walnuts, chopped

Steps

1. Heat oven to 350°F.
2. Lightly grease cookie sheet with oil, shortening, or butter.
3. Combine your choice of fat (butter, apple sauce, butter/vegetable oil mix, or shortening), brown sugar, egg, milk, and vanilla; beat with mixer on high speed to blend well.
4. Combine oats, flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon; add to shortening mixture and combine until just blended.
5. Stir in raisins and nuts.
6. Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls onto greased cookie sheet, 2 inches apart.
7. Bake for 10–13 minutes, or until lightly browned.

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Adapted from “Oatmeal Raisin Cookies” in the Wikibooks Cookbook by its contributors, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Reformatted for this site; this page's recipe text is shared under the same license.