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Christmas Oatmeal Raisin Cookies Recipe
Turning an Old Standard Cookie Recipe into Christmas Cookies
Oatmeal Raisin Cookies are my husband's favorite cookies so, of course, our Oatmeal Raisin Cookie recipe must be included in the holiday baking.
I use my mother's recipe for Oatmeal Raisin Cookies, but I have pulled out my treasure trove of cookie cutters to make the traditional, nondescript cookie into a pretty Christmas cookie.
I did not change the recipe, I just changed the presentation.
Making the Traditionally Plain, Exceptionally Beautiful!
Ingredients for Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 cup Softened Butter
- 3/4 cup Brown Sugar
- 1/2 cup Granulated Sugar
- 1 Egg
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 1 1/2 cup All Purpose Flour
- 1 tsp Baking Soda
- 1 tsp Cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp Nutmeg
- 3 cups Quaker 3-minute Oats
- 1 cup Raisins
Instructions
- Pre-heat the Oven to 375°
- Beat together Butter, Brown Sugar, Sugar and Egg until well blended
- Stir in Vanilla
- Add All Purpose Flour, Baking Soda, Cinnamon, Nutmeg and Quaker Oats. Stir together until well mixed.
- Stir in Raisins
- By hand, pat out part of the mixture onto a plate or onto wax paper
- Using the cookie cutters, cut out cookies and lay on an ungreased cookie sheet
- Bake for 8 or 9 minutes
Note: Do not overcook. Cookies will be soft when you first remove them from the oven and will harden as they cool.
Photos of Mixing Ingredients
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Candy Cane, Gingerbread Man, Train, Star, Rocking Horse, Angel and Santa Boot Cookies
Cookie Cutters - For these cookies, it is best to use metal or hard plastic cutters
Photos of Individual Cookies
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Candy Cane, Gingerbread Man, Train, Christmas Tree, Rocking Horse,Teddy Bear and Little Angel Cookies
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Love these cookies. I share some with you over tea.
Nice lens! I featured it on my oatmeal lens called What's in your OIAJ? and on my blog. Thanks for sharing!
- AUTHOR
@anonymous: Hi Christina, this recipe will usually make approx. 3 dozen cookies. When I make them with cookies cutters like shown in this article, the recipe yields approx. 2 dozen. To get the 3 doz. cookies, you may prefer to make these cookies in the "drop" style where you drop a rounded teaspoon of mixture instead of making shapes with cookie cutters.
Wishing you a very, Merry Christmas!
How many dozen does this recipe make? I need to know before Christmas :) Thank you so much I can't wait to bake them
Next to chocolate chip and peanut butter these are my favorite cookies, especially with a good cup of coffee.
Sounds good to me. I love cookies that are delicious and healthy.
I'd love to! These oatmeal cookies look delicious. I've featured your lens on mind (http://www.squidoo.com/oatmeal-cookie-day-april-30... - thanks for sharing!
YUM! what a cute idea! Blessed!
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I like oatmeal cookies any time of the year ... very very nice :-)
Now these look delicious! The Christmas theme is fun. Of course, they are too good to eat just once a year, and I'm sure they taste wonderful no matter what their shape.
yummy yummy
funny that i never thought of making shapes with oatmeal dough... :)
Never thought of "shaped" oatmeal raisin cookies . . . what a creative idea!
This is a great idea. The cookies look so good too. So what time am I coming over? (haha). Thanks for sharing this recipe with us.
I FORGOT ALL ABOUT THAT RECIPE. DIDN'T THEY TURN OUT CUTE. I NEVER CUT THEM OUT WITH COOKIE CUTTERS AND PROBABLY WOULD NEVER HAVE THOUGHT OF THAT-VERY CLEVER. THEY REALLY LOOK GOOD. GOOD JOB!
LOVE YOU,
MOM
Oatmeal raisin are my favorite. And shaping them into Christmas Cookies is a terrific idea.
I never thought of using cookie cutters on oatmeal raisin cookies. Great idea!
Oatmeal raising is one of my favorite cookies. Can't get enough of them.
Oh yes, sign me up! I'm coming to your house for the holidays if I can have these cute cookies - and I bet they taste great too!
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