Don’t you just love cookies and packing them up for a late summer picnic is not only fun but delicious! Today I am with #CreativeCookieExchange and our theme this month is Picnic Cookies, thank you Laura from The Spiced Life for this great theme and for hosting!! I decided to make an old standby but one of my all time favorites, Chewy Oatmeal Raisin Cookies. Grabbing a little picnic table or picnic blanket and sharing some wonderful food with family and friends is always a fun thing to do. We have over a dozen cookies that pack well in a picnic basket for you today.
Gorgeous golden cookies that are chewy rather than crisp are the way I like my oatmeal cookies. They turned out scrumptious and I have to make another batch soon.
Plump raisins and a touch of cinnamon also make these cookies just perfect. I always soak my raisins in boiling water to plump them back up a bit, then dry them well and they are good to go!
Chewy Oatmeal Raisin Cookies #CreativeCookieExchange
A chewy raisin oatmeal cookie that packs perfectly in a picnic basket to share with others.
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 cup rolled oats
- 1 cup flour
- 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp. baking powder
- 1/2 tsp. sea salt
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 Tbsp. molasses
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 1 cup raisins, plumped in boiling water and dried
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Combine the dry ingredients, oats, flour, cinnamon, baking powder and salt in a large bowl and set aside.
- Cream together the butter, sugar and molasses in a bowl of a standup mixer and beat until fluffy for about 5 min. Add the egg and vanilla and beat until incorporated. Add the flour mixture in and stir until combined. Stir in the raisins by hand.
- Drop dough by heaping tablespoons onto parchment lined cookie sheets. Leave about 2-3 inches apart. Flatten slightly with a fork. Bake until golden about 15 min. Let cool on the sheets for 5 min., then to a rack until completely cooled.
Recipe adapted from Food Network Kitchen
Now have a look at all the other wonderful cookies that can fill your picnic basket. Get on out there and enjoy what is left of the summer!!
The theme this month is Pack for a Picnic Cookies–any kind of cookie that sounds great for a picnic! If you are a blogger and want to join in the fun, contact Laura at thespicedlife AT gmail DOT com and she will get you added to our Facebook group, where we discuss our cookies and share links.
You can also just use us as a great resource for cookie recipes–be sure to check out our Pinterest Board and our monthly posts (you can find all of them at The Spiced Life). You will be able to find them the first Tuesday after the 15th of each month!
Also, if you are looking for inspiration to get in the kitchen and start baking, check out what all of the hosting bloggers have made:
- Blondies from A Baker’s House
- Browned Butter Lemon Cookies with Macadamia Nuts from The Spiced Life
- Cashew Butter Bites from Magnolia Days
- Chewy Oatmeal Raisin Cookies from Noshing With The Nolands
- Chocolate Chip Cookies from SimplyVeggies
- Chocolate Chip Potato Chip Cookies from Our Good Life
- Demerara Shortbread Cookies from Karen’s Kitchen Stories
- Gingham Picnic Cookies from Food Lust People Love
- Gluten-Free Trail Mix Cookies from Rhubarb and Honey
- Key Lime Coolers from 2 Cookin’ Mamas
- Naan Khatai – Indian Shortbread Cookies from Spiceroots
- Soft Brown Sugar Cookies from Hezzi-D’s Books and Cooks
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Comments & Reviews
Renee Dobbs says
I like oatmeal cookies to be chewy too so I know I’d love these.
Tara Noland says
Thanks Renee for coming over!
Stacy says
What a perfectly chewy cookie, Tara! And I love the plumped up raisins!
Tara Noland says
Thanks Stacy, I would love to share some with you on a sunny day on a picnic!!
Stacy says
Someday, my friend!
Laura says
Another one here who completely agrees that oatmeal cookies should be chewy! And what a great choice for a picnic! Yum!
Ansh says
+1 on chewy! Absolutely need the oatmeal cookies to be chewy. I will totally love these.
Karen @ Karen's Kitchen Stories says
Perfect for a picnic! They look delicious!
Hezzi-D says
There’s nothing like a chewy oatmeal raisin cookie! Yours look delish!
Holly says
I like your tip about soaking the raisins. I often do that when making rum-raisin banana bread but I never thought about soaking the raisins in water for cookies. I’ll try it next time!
Linda @ 2 Cookin' Mamas says
Your cookies look so good – you had me at oatmeal! I am also a chewy oatmeal cookie lover, because that way you get to enjoy every bite for longer. Thanks for the great tip on soaking the raisins. I am definitely going to try it next time I bake.
Shilpi says
They look so chewy and delicious. Yummy..
Joanne T Ferguson says
I could so go for one of your cookies now Tara! Pinned and shared!
Platter Talk says
How I would love to be on the receiving end of these cookies!
Robin @ A Shaggy Dough Story says
Ahh, it doesn’t get much better than a chewy oatmeal raisin cookie…
Catherine says
Dear Tara, these cookies are perfect! Oatmeal raisin happen to be one of my favorites. Perfection. xo, Catherine