Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
This vegetarian builds rolled oats and raisins into an easy meal you can have ready in about 65 minutes. Scroll down for the ingredient checklist, a serving scaler and unit converter, and the method broken into 7 steps.
You'll mainly reach for oven and whisk. At medium difficulty across 7 steps, it's manageable with a little attention. As written, it's meat-free.
What you'll need
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Pantry staples (you likely have these)
Diet: vegetarian — no meat or fish, based on every ingredient listed below.
Contains: Gluten Dairy Egg
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How to make it
- Preheat the oven to 180 C and line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Cream the softened butter with the brown and granulated sugars using a beater or wooden spoon for 2 to 3 minutes until light and fluffy.
- Beat in the egg, milk and vanilla until the mixture is smooth and fully combined.
- In a separate bowl whisk together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt, then stir this into the wet mixture until just combined without overmixing.
- Fold in the oats and raisins until evenly distributed throughout the dough.
- Drop rounded tablespoons of dough onto the lined sheets, spacing them about 5 cm apart, and flatten each slightly.
- Bake for 11 to 13 minutes until the edges are golden but the centres still look soft, then let the cookies cool on the sheet for 5 minutes before transferring them to a rack.
You'll use: Oven · Whisk · Baking sheet
Ingredient substitutions
- Butter
- olive oil (¾ the amount) · coconut oil · margarine
- Brown Sugar
- white sugar + 1 tbsp molasses per cup
- Milk
- any unsweetened plant milk · ½ cup evaporated milk + ½ cup water
Tips & common questions
How long does Oatmeal Raisin Cookies take to make?
About 65 minutes from start to finish — an estimate based on the 7 steps and 12 ingredients. Times vary with your kitchen and how much prep you do ahead.
What can I use instead of butter?
Try olive oil (¾ the amount). See the substitutions section above for more swaps.
Can I scale this recipe up or down?
Yes — use the servings control above the ingredients and every quantity rescales automatically (fractions included). Cooking times stay roughly the same; very large batches may need a little longer.
Is Oatmeal Raisin Cookies vegetarian?
Its ingredients contain no meat, fish or shellfish, so it is suitable for vegetarians. Check any cheese for animal rennet if that matters to you.
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Adapted recipe — rewritten in our own wording from an open-licensed community cookbook, not yet independently kitchen-tested by Consomee. How we source, test & correct recipes.
Oatmeal Raisin Cookies is adapted by Consomee from the Wikibooks Cookbook, rewritten in our own wording and used under CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo: Oatmeal Raisin cookie.jpg by Gaurav Dhwaj Khadka, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons. We add the serving scaler, ingredient tools, timing and structure — how we source recipes.