Oatmeal chocolate chip cookies with raisins are made with oats, butter, brown sugar, and just the right touch of spices for soft, chewy, delicious, perfect oatmeal cookies. Heavenly!
My first memory of being in the kitchen cooking is actually with my dad, which is funny because he rarely did any cooking. He was so, so busy working, serving, and providing for our family, but I vividly remember sitting on the counter and him teaching me how to make these cookies. They were dad’s signature cookie, and man, we devoured them! They are thick and chewy and have the perfect oatmeal cookie texture!
The last time I was up in Idaho visiting my parents, I came home from running an errand and found my three kiddos surrounding my dad in the kitchen while they made oatmeal raisin chocolate chip cookies together. It stopped me dead in my tracks and feelings of love and home overwhelmed me.
I won’t stop saying it. Families are strengthened when they cook, bake, and eat together. Memories are made. Bonds are created. Love abounds…and bellies are happy!
Before we jump into this recipe, I know there are going to be some raisin haters out there. Just omit the raisins, haters. Double down on the chocolate and omit the dang raisins! But I love the raisins. That’s how dad made them, so that’s how I like them!
Now that I think about it, I bet there will be some chocolate haters out there too. Oatmeal raisin cookie purists aren’t going to like chocolate in their cookies. So omit the chocolate and double the raisins. Do what makes you happy I say! But I love the combo of both in this cookie.
Ingredients for Oatmeal Raisin Chocolate Chip Cookies
If you have raisins in the pantry, I’m going to guess you will have all the rest of these ingredients too. No surprises, no secrets, just straight up classic oatmeal cookie recipe ingredients.
- Raisins
- Baking Soda
- Unsalted Butter
- Dark Brown Sugar
- Sugar
- Egg
- Vanilla Extract
- All Purpose Flour
- Cornstarch
- Oat Flour (see section below)
- Sea Salt
- Cinnamon
- Nutmeg
- Cloves
- Oats
- Chocolate Chips or Chunks
Scroll down to the recipe card to see all the measurements.
How to Make Oatmeal Raisin Chocolate Chip Cookies
We are going to start this recipe by plumping up the raisins, and then we will jump into the classic wet ingredients, dry ingredients, combine, eat a little cookie cough, bake, inhale…
- Plump: Put raisins in small saucepan with enough water to just cover them and simmer them over medium heat. Drain them and let them cool.
- Beat: Combine sugars and butter and beat them together until creamy in a stand mixer with the paddle attachment.
- Grind: Make oat flour (see section below) by grinding and pulsing them in a blender or food processor.
- Mix: Combine all the dry ingredients and spices in a mediu