Chewy Oatmeal Cookies
Prep Time: 15 min
Cook Time: 12 Min
Serves 4 Servings
Difficulty Easy
Ingredients
- 3/4 C. Crisco® Butter Flavor All-Vegetable Shortening
- 1 1/4 C. firmly packed brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1/3 C. milk
- 1 1/2 tsps. Spice Islands® Pure Vanilla Extract
- 1 C. all-purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp. Clabber Girl® Baking Soda
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1/4 tsp. Spice Islands® Ground Saigon Cinnamon
- 3 C. McCann’s® Quick Cooking Rolled Irish Oats
- 1 C. raisins
- 1 C. coarsely chopped walnuts
Directions
- HEAT oven to 375ºF. Coat baking sheets with no-stick cooking spray.
- BEAT shortening, brown sugar, egg, milk and vanilla in large bowl at medium speed of electric mixer until well blended.
- COMBINE flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon in small bowl. Beat into shortening mixture at low speed until smooth. Stir in oats, raisins and nuts. Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls 2 inches apart onto prepared baking sheets.
- BAKE 10 to 12 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool 2 minutes on baking sheet. Remove to wire rack to cool.
- CHOCOLATE OR BUTTERSCOTCH CHIP: Add 1 C. chocolate or butterscotch chips to batter.
- COCONUT: Add 1 C. sweetened flaked coconut.
- MAPLE: Add 1 1/2 tsp. maple flavoring.
- MAPLE WALNUT: Omit raisins. Add 1 1/2 tsp. maple flavoring to dough. Frost top of cooled cookies with mixture of Vanilla Frosting and 1 tsp. maple flavoring. Garnish with walnut halves.
- CHOCOLATE-DIPPED: Omit raisins and nuts. Microwave 1 C. chocolate frosting 20 to 25 seconds or until smooth and thin. Dip top half of cooled cookie in frosting. Lay on wax paper until firm.
