Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
Chewy oatmeal cookies studded with plump raisins and warm cinnamon, made with browned butter for deeper flavor - browning the butter first is what gives real oatmeal raisin cookies their rich, butterscotch-like edge instead of a flat, one-note sweetness.
⏱ 30 min🍽 24 servings
dessertvegetarianbaking
Ingredients
- •1 cup butter
- •1 cup brown sugar
- •2 eggs
- •1 tsp vanilla extract
- •1 1/2 cups flour
- •1 tsp baking soda
- •1 tsp cinnamon
- •1/2 tsp salt
- •3 cups rolled oats
- •1 cup raisins
Steps
- 1.Preheat oven to 350°F.
- 2.Melt the butter in a skillet over medium heat and continue cooking, swirling occasionally, until it turns golden brown and smells nutty, then let cool slightly - this browned butter is what gives the cookies their deep, butterscotch-like flavor.
- 3.Whisk the browned butter and brown sugar together, then beat in the eggs and vanilla.
- 4.Mix in the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt, then fold in the oats and raisins.
- 5.Drop spoonfuls onto a baking sheet and bake for 10-12 minutes until just golden at the edges - pulling them while the centers still look slightly underdone is what keeps them chewy instead of dry.