OATMEAL CRAISIN COOKIES RECIPES

Steps:

• Preheat Oven to 375°F.
• In a large bowl with an electric mixer combine, sugar, brown sugar and butter and mix well.
• Add in egg and vanilla and mix until combined.
• Add in cinnamon, baking soda, salt and flour and mix well.
• Fold in by hand the oatmeal, walnuts, and dried cranberries making sure that all ingredients are uniformly distributed.
• Roll dough into 1-inch balls and place 3-inches apart onto a greased cookie sheet and bake for 10-12 minutes, just until the edges are lightly golden.
• Remove from oven and let cool for 2-3 minutes on the cookie sheet.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Whisk dry ingredients; set aside.
• Combine wet ingredients with a hand mixer on low.
• To cream, increase speed to high and beat until fluffy and the color lightens.
• Stir the flour mixture into the creamed mixture until no flour is visible.
• (Over mixing develops the gluten, making a tough cookie.) Now add the oats and raisins; stir to incorporate.
• Fill a #40 cookie scoop and press against side of bowl, pulling up to level dough (to measure 2 tablespoons of dough).
• Drop 2-inches apart onto baking sheet sprayed with nonstick spray.
• Bake 11-13 minutes (on center rack), until golden, but still moist beneath cracks on top.
• Remove from oven; let cookies sit on baking sheet for 2 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool.