Grandma's Very Good Old-Fashioned Oatmeal Cookies
My Grandma Betty always had a batch of these old-fashioned oatmeal cookies with walnuts and raisins in her freezer. My Grandpa Frankie's favorite!
Servings: cookies
Ingredients
- 12 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 ½ cups granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- ½ cup cold water
- 2 cups old-fashioned rolled oats
- 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ground cloves
- ½ cup toasted walnuts, chopped
- 1 cup raisins
Instructions
- Adjust oven rack to lower-middle position; heat oven to 400℉.
- Cream together butter, sugar, eggs and vanilla. Stir in water.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together oats, flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and cloves. Slowly add this dry mixture into the wet mixture, stirring until combined. Stir in toasted almonds and dried cherries.
- Using a medium cookie scoop, drop two tablespoons of dough per cookie onto a cookie sheet, leaving about 2 inches between cookies.
- Bake at 400℉ for 10-12 minutes, until just starting to brown.
Nutrition
Serving: 1cookie | Calories: 106kcal | Carbohydrates: 16g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 15mg | Sodium: 80mg | Potassium: 54mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 99IU | Vitamin C: 0.2mg | Calcium: 10mg | Iron: 1mg
