Dessert Ready to Eat!
Saturday came around and I got such a craving for cookies that I had to whip up a batch last night. Cookies are one of my favorite desserts to indulge on, but I try not to have them around the house to often because I can’t get away with having just a few! From all the types of cookies, I decided on making oatmeal raisin. I love it when cookies come out really chewy, but have had problems achieving this consistency in the past. This time, instead of using butter in my recipe, I swapped it out for coconut oil in a 1:1 ratio. Coconut oil has become my all-time favorite ingredient when baking and it does the trick for eliminating any dryness of the finished product. I made a mix of regular and golden raisins for this cookie, but feel free to add in any dark chocolate chips or nuts. Let’s take a look at what you’ll need:
Ingredients
¾ cup coconut oil, softened
¾ cup white sugar
¾ cup packed light brown sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 ¼ cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
¾ teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon salt
2 ¾ cup rolled oats
1 cup raisins, golden and regular
Directions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
- In large bowl, cream together coconut oil, white sugar, and brown sugar until smooth. Beat in the eggs and vanilla until fluffy. Stir together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt. Gradually beat into butter mixture.
- Stir in oats and raisins. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets.
- Bake 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until golden brown. Cool slightly, remove from sheet to wire rack. Cool completely and enjoy!
You’ll notice that the coconut oil actually enhances the flavor of these cookies, along with the chewy texture. If you only want to make a few cookies at a time, you can take your remaining batter, roll it in plastic wrap, and freeze until you want to bake them next.
-Kayla
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They turned out yummy, but i did add some milk because the batter was a little dry.
Evangeline – So glad you enjoyed them! Thanks for the tip!
Try coconut flour instead of regular flour
Lynette,
Thank you for the tip, maybe we can try this in one of our next recipes.
I substituted the puree of two bananas in place of the eggs and reduced the white sugar to 1/4cup and the brown sugar to 2/4 cup. So delicious! And vegan 🙂
Thanks for the recommendation Cindy! I will definitely have to give those changes a try. Enjoy!
Forget the darn sugar….just use HONEY!
I made a batch yesterday and made the rest today. This has got to be the best recipe. This recipe makes over 20 cookies. I added a drop of milk, an extra tspn of cinnamon (bc I like extra) and added white chocolate chips. LOVE this recipe. It’s definitely my go to for cookies from now on and I’ll be checking out some of your other recipes as well. Thanks!!
Thanks Donna!! So glad you liked them and thanks for the tips. White chocolate chips sound amazing in these cookies!
Going to try these this weekend, but swap out the raisins for dried cranberries, and add dark chocolate chips!. Will let you know how they turn out.
Christine – That sounds like a great combination! Cranberry and white chocolate is also yummy as well 🙂 Hope they turned out good!
Add 1 cup butterscotch morsels and 1 cup chocolate morsels. Big hit!
Noel- YUM! That sounds absolutely amazing. Thank you for sharing that tip!
baked the first batch they didn’t spread a crumbled a bit but taste really good Used both coconut oil and coconut flour
Darylene,
Thank you for the insight! Hope you liked the cookies!
Thank you for sharing. Just what I was looking for using coconut oil.
I’m going to bake these for my family and ship them.
Sarah,
We are so glad you liked the recipe! Hope they turned out good!
I made mind with Goji berries chia seeds and hemp seeds they came out amazing plus I decreased the sugar.
Pam,
That sounds so good! Thank you for the extra tip 🙂 Glad to hear you liked the recipe!
Just made these cookies. Yum! I used less brown sugar because I ran out (only had 1/2 cup) and they turned out fine. The texture of the dough was good. Not too dry. Also I used dried cranberries, blueberries and yogurt chips instead of raisins.
Talitha,
Thank you so much for sharing! The recipe that you did sounds absolutely AMAZING! We hope that you liked them 🙂 Using coconut oil with any cookie recipe is SO good!
I am trying them now. Reduced sugar boiled raisins replaced eggs with banana and added coconut flakes. I hope they taste good. My kids love cookies especially homemade
This sounds good! We hope that the cookies turned out good!
Can you substitute cooked steel cut oats for the rolled oats and it still turn out ok?
Samantha,
We have not tried this recipe with steel cut oats, but you can definitely give it a go and let us know how it turned out!
These are PERFECT! the recipe I have been searching for! So easy! Made 4 dozen and I needed them to be just right for a party tomorrow. A million x thank you!!!!
Amanda, I’m so happy to hear that the cookies turned out good! 🙂
In the oven now with two minutes to go. Look and smell heat. Added in 1/4 cup sliced almonds because I was out of walnuts and a drop of cardumum syrup. And a few more raisins than called for. All Kane sugar both white and brown. Time to see how it turned out!
Yum! That sounds amazing! I hope the cookies turned out good 🙂
I made a 1/3 recipe adding roasted unsalted sunflower seeds instead of raisins. I also used nonfat plain Greek yogurt a nd unsweetened almond milk for moisture. Delicious!
I now have these on hand at all times ( I freeze them) They turn out perfectly. I have also varied them by adding chopped nuts, substituting chocolate chips, etc. Great recipe!
We really enjoyed these cookies. Getting ready to make again. My raisins were dry, so I boiled them in water for a few minutes, let sit a few minutes and cool, then drained in colander. I also added some chopped walnuts.
I’m assuming that, in ‘Direction #2’ you stated, Gradually beat into butter mixture – did you mean “coconut oil” mixture? Don’t see butte in ingredients. Am assuming that, looking or oatmeal/coconut oil recipes, also I use Stevia & Truvia instead of the ‘sugar feeds cancer” ingredient. Also will toy with the raisins – may try a mixture… At any rate, thanks! Signed, Johnny Tweaker
This makes THE BEST oatmeal cookies I have ever had!
People who have tried them RAVE about how fantastic they are.
I use dried cranberries instead of raisins and wowee it puts them over the top.
I will never use another recipe, this one is the absolute best!
I have also made it with brown monkfruit. They are good but a lot more like soft granola or muffin cookies. Not chewy but crumbly.