Oatmeal Raisin Cookies~Crispy and Chewy

From Food Network 2010, this a great recipe! My all-time favorite cookie! This oatmeal cookie is thin, very buttery, crispy and chewy! If that is how you like yours, you will LOVE these!

2 from 2 votes

Prep Time10

Cook Time8

Course: Dessert, Snack

Cuisine: American

Servings: 48

Calories: 133

Ingredients

1 ½ cups butter (3 sticks)
1 cup light brown sugar
1 cup white sugar
1 egg
1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
3 cups oats old fashioned, not instant
1 ½ cups flour
¾ teaspoons salt
2 ½ teaspoons baking soda
1 ½ cups raisins

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350°.
With a mixer on medium speed, cream the butter until fluffy.
Add the white sugar and brown sugar and mix well.
Mix in the egg and vanilla extract. Set aside.
In small bowl, mix the oats, flour, salt, and baking soda. Switch to lowest speed and add it to the creamed mixture until combined.
With the mixer on lowest speed, mix in the raisins.
With a # 40 cookie scoop, or two tablespoonfuls, drop the dough onto ungreased baking sheets., or you can use parchment paper. Add a few extra raisins on top if you'd like.
Bake for 8 – 10 minutes. ( I like the cookies thin, so I flatten them with a metal spatula at the 8 minute mark.)
Let the cookies cool for just a minute in the pan on a wire rack, then transfer them onto a wire rack to continue cooling.
These cookies store best in a covered tin or cookie jar at room temperature. If you store them in plastic bags or plastic containers they will lose their crispness and soften.

EXTRA TIP:

VARIATIONS: * Add some nuts to the batter if you'd like! * Use craisins instead of raisins or use both! * Add some chocolate chips on top of each cookie dough mound, or add them into the batter! * Drizzle a glaze on top after they are cooled!

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