Famous Quaker Oats Oatmeal Cookie Recipe, Let’s Make It!

Not an oatmeal raisin fan? I am going to change your mind with this Quaker Oats Oatmeal Cookie Recipe. They’re soft, chewy and loved by all!

Alright y’all…if you know me, then you know that I’m not going to reinvent the wheel unless it’s necessary. You probably also know by now that I like to give credit where credit is due! We like good food in this house and I like to share what we actually eat and the recipes I use. 

Without a doubt, my homemade chocolate chip cookies are better than the Nestle Tollhouse recipe…hands down, done, debate over. But the Quaker Oats oatmeal cookie recipe y’all…it’s perfect as is and the only oatmeal raisin cookie recipe you will need in your arsenal. It will make someone change their mind about oatmeal raisin cookies. That is my personal testimony at least!

Quaker Oats, yes, THE Quaker Oats. This recipe is right on their package of Old Fashioned Oats and on their site. Their Vanishing Oatmeal Raisin Cookies recipe has changed some over the years, but from what I can tell, it has been around since the 1950s. If a recipe has been around a long time this way, it’s good. Quaker Oats began sharing their recipes in the early 1900s. This vanishing oatmeal cookie recipe just happens to be our favorite oatmeal cookie recipe. Let’s make these delights and I will give you my any tips and tricks I have for making this recipe!

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Why I Love this Quaker Oats Oatmeal Cookie Recipe

• Recipe uses simple ingredients that you already have on hand
• They are perfect with crunchy edges and soft chewy centers
• Nursing or pumping Mamas, make these now! They support your milk supply and are such an earned treat!
• Dough can be made in bulk and frozen later to have on hand
• The great texture of this cookie is out of this world

Ingredients needed for the Quaker Oats Oatmeal Cookie Recipe

• Unsalted Butter, softened
• Brown Sugar
• White Sugar
• Eggs
• Vanilla Extract
• All Purpose Flour, sifted
• Baking Soda
• Ground Cinnamon
• Salt
• Rolled Oats and/or Instant Oats
• Raisins

​Substitutions and Variations

I have substituted salted butter in for the unsalted butter in this Quaker Oats Oatmeal Cookie Recipe with really no difference in the recipe outcome. When I used the salted butter, I slightly decreased the amount of salt I put into the recipe by about half. 

For the oats in the recipe, you can use all quick oats, all rolled oats, or a combination. In my eyes, the regular old fashioned rolled oats seem to be a little healthier and less processed than the quick oats, but I am not a health expert, so make your own determination there! The old fashioned oats yield a great cookie when they are the only oats used in this recipe, but I really like the recipe best when I use half quick oats and half old fashioned rolled oats. The quick oats are something I am using the last of and will be retiring from my pantry, so in the future, I will just use the full amount of old fashioned oats. 

You can add in other nuts to this recipe, if desired, or swap the raisins for cranberries. You can also sub in semisweet chocolate chips in for the raisins and omit the cinnamon. I really do prefer to make this recipe as intended without anything extra or subbed.

Instructions for Quaker Oats Oatmeal Cookie Recipe

Gather all of your ingredients and heat oven to 350 degrees. Cream together your softened butter, brown sugar and white sugar in a mixing bowl. I prefer to use an electric mixer with this recipe. You can either use a stand mixer or your trusty old hand mixer. If you don’t have at least a hand mixer, just go get you one. It is a kitchen essential that every home cook should own!

Once your butter and sugars are creamy, add in your eggs and vanilla and mix until well combined in the sugar mixture. 

I will tell on myself once again. If you ever see a recipe which says sifted flour, just know that I probably didn’t do it except for maybe the first time I ever made that recipe. What I usually do is kind of stir and fluff around my flour in its container, then scoop from the loosened flour. I am sure there is a slight difference in doing it this way vs sifting, but I have not noticed a big enough difference to get out an extra kitchen tool. 

Combine your sifted flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt in a separate bowl. Add your oats and raisins to your other dry ingredients and mix together to evenly distribute. Mix together your dry and wet ingredients until thoroughly combined. 

You can either drop your cookies onto ungreased cookie sheets or line your baking sheet with parchment paper. Parchment paper is my preferred method for easier cleanup. Spoon your unbaked cookie dough onto the lined baking sheet.

Bake your quaker oats oatmeal cookies for 8-10 minutes, or until they are just a light golden brown on top. Let your warm oatmeal cookies sit on the hot pan for an additional 1-2 minutes after removing from the oven then transfer to a wire rack to finish cooling. These cookies will still be doughy when you pull them from the oven and that is OK! They will firm up as they cool. This is how you get soft chewy cookies!

You can also turn this Quaker Oats Oatmeal Cookie Recipe into cookie bars. To make the bars, press dough into a 9*13 baking pan and bake for 30 to 35 minutes. Let it cool completely on a cooling rack and then cut into bars.

For both the quaker oats oatmeal raisin cookies and the bar cookies, you will want to store them in a tightly fitted or airtight container after they have cooled completely. Put in a plain slice of commercial white bread in the container with the cookies. The bread will dry out, but your cookies will stay moist!

Now go enjoy your new favorite oatmeal cookie…thank me later!

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