Best Crunchy Oatmeal Cookie Recipes

CRISP OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.
• In a large bowl, cream together the shortening, white sugar and brown sugar. Mix in the egg and vanilla until well blended. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; stir into the batter until well blended. Mix in the oats, coconut and chocolate chips until evenly distributed. Roll dough into walnut sized balls and place 2 inches apart onto prepared cookie sheets.
• Bake for 12 minutes in the preheated oven, or until edges are lightly browned.

CHEWY OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, molasses and vanilla; beat well. , Combine the flour, oats, baking soda, cinnamon and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Stir in the raisins, pecans and chocolate chips. Drop by tablespoonfuls 2 in. apart onto greased baking sheets. , Bake at 350° for 9-10 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool on pans for 2 minutes before removing to wire racks.

THE BEST OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine the eggs, raisins, and vanilla. Cover and chill for 1 hour.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a medium bowl, cream together the butter, brown sugar, and white sugar. In a separate bowl, combine the flour, salt, cinnamon and baking soda; add to the creamed mixture and stir until all of the dry ingredients are absorbed. Next, stir in the egg and raisin mixture, then stir in the rolled oats and pecans. Dough will be stiff. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto an unprepared cookie sheet.
• Bake for 10 to 12 minutes in the preheated oven, until the edges are golden. Allow cookies to cool 5 minutes on the baking sheet before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

GRAN'S CRUNCHY OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• Beat butter, sugar, egg, water and vanilla together til creamy.
• Sift together flour, salt and soda.
• Add to creamed mixture and blend well.
• Stir in oats, walnuts and chocolate chips.
• Put in fridge and chill overnight.
• preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Drop by teaspoonfuls on greased cookie sheet (don't use a silpat, just a greased sheet -- they didn't have silpats way back when!).
• Bake for 10-12 minutes.
• Cool and store in plastic bag in freezer.
• Eat straight from freezer-delish.

ULTIMATE OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 350°F. In a large bowl, stir the brown sugar, butter, baking soda, cinnamon, vanilla, salt and eggs with a wooden spoon until well mixed. Stir in the oats, flour and raisins until mixed.
• For each cookie, scoop a rounded tablespoonful of dough, using a tableware spoon, and push it onto an ungreased cookie sheet with another spoon or rubber spatula, placing cookies 2 inches apart.
• Bake 9 to 11 minutes or until light brown. Remove cookies from cookie sheets to a cooling rack, using a turner. Cool cookie sheets 10 minutes between batches.

THE ESSENTIAL CRUNCHY OATMEAL COOKIES (KING ARTHUR FLOUR)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325. Line cookie sheets with parchment.
• In a large mixing bowl, cream together the sugars, butter, shortening, salt, baking powder, spices and vanilla, beating until smooth.
• Beat in the egg.
• Stir in the oats and flour, then the raisins and nuts.
• Drop the dough by the tablespoonful onto the prepared cookie sheets. Using the flat bottom of a drinking glass dipped in sugar, flatten each ball of dough to about 1/4 inch.
• Bake the cookes for about 20 minutes, until they're golden brown; these are supposed to be crunchy, so don't underbake them.
• Remove them from the oven and transfer to a rack to cool.

OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F. Grease and line 2 baking sheets with parchment.
• Stir together oats, flour, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl. Beat together butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar in a stand mixer or in large bowl with a hand mixer until light and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla and beat until combined well. Add flour mixture and beat until just combined.
• Drop dough by heaping tablespoons 2 inches apart onto prepared baking sheets and flatten mounds slightly with moistened fingers. Bake cookies in upper and lower thirds of oven, switching position of sheets halfway through baking, until golden, about 12 minutes total. Transfer to wire racks to cool.