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quaker oats oatmeal cookies

(4 ratings)
TchrLdy71 avatar
Recipe by
Fran Miller
@TchrLdy71
Parkersburg, WV

This recipe is the original 1960s-1970s one taken directly off a Quaker Oats box cut-out. I thought I'd post it since it's my favorite oatmeal cookie recipe. (NOTE: There is more than one original Quaker Oats Oatmeal Cookies recipe since it changed over the years.) It took a while for me to figure out why I liked these cookies so much, and then I realized that they have NO CINNAMON in them! Not that you couldn't add some, but that was the difference. Homemade oatmeal cookies... a pleasure from my childhood to yours. Got milk? =^..^=

(4 ratings)
yield serving(s)
prep time 15 Min
cook time 5 Min
method Bake

Ingredients For quaker oats oatmeal cookies

  • 1 c
    all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp
    salt
  • 1/2 tsp
    baking soda
  • 3 c
    dry oatmeal
  • 3/4 c
    crisco
  • 1 c
    brown sugar, packed
  • 1/2 c
    white sugar
  • 1
    large egg
  • 1/4 c
    water
  • 1 tsp
    vanilla
  • OPTIONS, ADJUST AMOUNTS TO TASTE OR USE ANY COMBINATION
  • 1/2 c
    raisins, more or less
  • 1/2 c
    craisins (cranberry raisins)
  • 1/2 c
    chocolate or butterscotch chips
  • 1/2 c
    flaked coconut
  • 1/2 c
    chopped walnuts

How To Make quaker oats oatmeal cookies

  • 1
    Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease or spray cookie sheets.
  • 2
    Put the dry ingredients (flour, salt, baking soda, and oatmeal) in a medium bowl. Mix together well.
  • 3
    NOTE: I mix the dry ingredients in this recipe by hand, using the large meat fork from my cutlery set. After years of it taking up space in my drawer, it gets used several times a week now. This photo shows the meat fork next to a regular dinner fork. If you've got one, use it!
  • 4
    Put the rest of the ingredients (Crisco, brown sugar, white sugar, egg, water, and vanilla) in a larger bowl. Mix together well with the meat fork or in a stand mixer. (My hand mixer gets bogged down in the next step, so I don’t use it.)
  • 5
    Add the dry ingredients to the sugar mixture and mix until well-combined.
  • 6
    Add any optional ingredients you like. In my family, some like plain oatmeal cookies and others like raisins, so I make the plain ones first, then stir in a few raisins to finish out the baking. (I've also been known to separate the cookie dough into separate bowls & add a little bit of different extras to each bowl.) Make them any way you like. Cookies should be fun! =^..^=
  • 7
    Drop with a teaspoon (or a small scoop) on the prepared cookie sheets. Bake at 350 degrees F for 7-10 minutes, depending on how soft or crunchy you like your oatmeal cookies.
  • 8
    Cool on cooling racks. Or eat them warm. You know you want to! Pass the milk, please. =^..^=
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