Oatmeal Raisin Chocolate Chip Cookies

Give your taste buds a treat with these deliciously crispy yet chewy Oatmeal Raisin Chocolate Chip Cookies. Made with brown and white sugar, rolled oats, and cinnamon, the texture and flavor combo is unmatched!

The best oatmeal raisin chocolate chip cookie recipe

You've had oatmeal raisin cookies, and you've had chocolate chip cookies. You've probably even had oatmeal raisin chocolate chip cookies.

But... have you had these oatmeal raisin chocolate chip cookies? Nope! Any let me tell you, I highly suggest making them... right now. These delicious cookies have the most perfect cookie texture. They're made with regular baking ingredients but also rolled oats and cinnamon for extra nutrients and flavor. You can't go wrong!

Ingredients in oatmeal raisin chocolate chip cookies

This recipe utilizes typical cookie ingredients like butter, sugar, egg, vanilla, and flour. But, we're taking things up a notch by adding extra ingredients and loading 'em up with chocolate chips!

• Butter: Begin with ½ cup of softened butter.
• Brown sugar: Then, add ½ cup of brown sugar.
• White sugar: Follow the brown sugar with ⅓ cup of white sugar. Keep reading to learn why combining brown and white sugar creates the perfect cookie texture!
• Egg: 1 egg helps all of the ingredients bind together properly. It also helps create perfectly moist cookies.
• Vanilla: Add flavor by including 2 teaspoon of vanilla extract.
• Flour: Thicken up the recipe and create the batter texture with 1 cup of all purpose flour.
• Rolled oats: Add protein and texture to these cookies by including 1.5 cups of rolled oats.
• Baking soda: Help the cookies bake properly with ½ teaspoon of baking soda.
• Cinnamon: Use 1 teaspoon of cinnamon to add extra flavor to the cookies.
• Salt: Then, follow the cinnamon with ½ teaspoon of salt. This makes a huge difference!
• Chocolate chips: Chocolate chips are a must in this recipe. Use 1 cup (and save aside a bit extra for sprinkling on top if you'd like).
• Raisins: Finish off this recipe by incorporating ¾ cup of raisins.

Tools used to make these chocolate raisin cookies

These cookies require standard baking tools. Nothing fancy here! If you don't have a hand or stand mixture, you can just use a spoon. Be sure that the ingredients are well incorporated before baking.

• Large mixing bowl
• Hand mixer or stand mixer
• Medium bowl
• Stirring utensil
• Baking sheet
• Parchment paper
• Measuring cups: ½ tsp, 1 tsp, ⅓ cup, ½ cup, ¾ cup, 1 cup

How to make these oatmeal raisin chocolate chip cookies

Ready to get started? This recipe yields 24 cookies and comes together in a total time of around 25 minutes (plus 30 minutes to chill the dough). That brings the total time to just under one hour.

First, grab a large mixing bowl and use a hand mixer or stand mixer to beat the butter and sugars until they are well combined. Beat in the egg and vanilla until the mixture becomes fluffy. Set aside.

Next, in a medium bowl, combine the flour, oats, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt.

Slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients, mixing until everything is combined.

Then, stir in the chocolate chips and raisins until well incorporated.

Let the batter chill for 30 minutes in fridge.

Preheat oven to 350°F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

Once the cookie dough is chilled, use a cookie scoop or spoon and roll it into 24 balls, placing them on the baking sheet as you go. Flatten slightly by pressing on top of each cookie dough round.

Bake for 10-12 minutes or until slightly golden. Sprinkle with sea salt and enjoy!

Feel free to store these at room temperature or in the fridge or freezer for enjoying later on.

Missing an ingredient or two? Here are some item swaps that may be helpful in preparing this oatmeal cookies recipe.

Egg
If you're out of eggs or would prefer to skip it, try using apple sauce! Add ¼ cup of applesauce to the recipe in place of the egg, and that should do the trick. You can also make a flax seed egg. To do so, combine 1 tablespoon of ground flax with 2.5 tablespoon of water. Then, use in place of the egg!

Baking soda
Out of baking soda? You can replace it with baking powder! To do so in this recipe, you'd need to use 1.5 teaspoon of baking powder

Chocolate chips
Feel free to swap the chocolate chips with any preferred chip flavor, whether white chocolate, peanut butter, or even butterscotch!

Raisins
Not a fan of raisins? Skip them or replace them with something similar, like craisins. That would be so tasty!

What is the secret to moist cookies?

Brown sugar! White sugar-heavy recipes create harder, crunchier cookies, whereas brown sugar softens them up. Using a combination of the two is the best option!

Why are my oatmeal raisin cookies so hard?

Your ratios may have been off! Be sure to follow the measurements closely to achieve the optimal cookie texture.

What makes cookies chewy instead of crispy?

Every ingredient used to make cookies contributes to the final texture and whether they turn out chewy or crispy. These particular cookies are crispy on the outside and chewy on the inside thanks to the ratio of brown sugar, white sugar, and flour that we used.

What can I add to these cookies?

For extra flavor, you could add any sort of crushed nut (peanuts, pecans, walnuts), flaky coconut, craisins, white chocolate chips, crushed pretzels... the list goes on!

If you liked this recipe, you'll want to try these!

Sneaking oats into cookies is a wonderful way to enrich them with extra protein and nutrients! Here are some more oatmeal cookie ideas to try.

• No Bake Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies
• Maple Pecan Oatmeal Cookies
• Brown Butter Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
• Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies (Gluten Free)

Recipe by Erin Morrissey and Photos by The Mindful Hapa