Grandma’s Iced Oatmeal Raisin Cookies… The name of this cookie takes me back to my childhood. The kind of cookie Grandma made. Then I remember…
I’m a grandma. For almost 20 years now! Yikes, I’m getting ancient. As a member of the Baby Boomer generation I ate cookies, played with Slinky, chewed Bazooka, watched Rocky and Bullwinkle, used Prell shampoo, drooled over the Christmas edition of the Sear’s catalog, sniffed my moms Jean Nate and even got a Toni perm.
Iced Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
slightly adapted from Taste of Home
COOKIE INGREDIENTS:
1 cup shortening
1 cup sugar
1 cup packed light brown sugar
3 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
2 cups old-fashioned oats
1 cup raisins
1 cup coarsely chopped pecans, optional
ICING INGREDIENTS:
2 cups confectioners’ sugar
3 Tbs. heavy cream
1 Tbs water
tiny pinch salt (optional)
DIRECTIONS:
In a large bowl, cream the shortening and sugars until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon. Add to creamed mixture, just until combined. Stir in the oats, raisins and pecans if desired.
A delicious, old fashioned recipe for a cookie like Grandma made. Oatmeal Raisin Cookies are a favorite, frosted with a glaze and amazing with milk.
I love my cookie scoop because it makes perfectly uniform-sized cookies and is so less messy.
A delicious, old fashioned recipe for a cookie like Grandma made. Oatmeal Raisin Cookies are a favorite, frosted with a glaze and amazing with milk.
Shape into 1-in. balls. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets (I use silicone mats). Flatten with a greased glass bottom (see recipe note below).
Bake at 350° for 10-11 minutes or until golden brown. Do not over bake. Remove to a wire rack to cool.
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Icing Directions:
In bowl, stir together all of the ingredients until smooth and desired consistency. Dip top of cookie into the bowl and give a little twist; lift cookie from icing to see if adequate amount is on cookie. The frosting will quickly smooth to a nice covering. Place on rack and allow icing to dry and harden. If you prefer, the icing can just as easily be spread on with a knife or spreader.
A delicious, old fashioned recipe for a cookie like Grandma made. Oatmeal Raisin Cookies are a favorite, frosted with a glaze and amazing with milk.
RECIPE NOTES:
I used a 1.5-inch scoop to measure the cookie dough and I got a little more than 3.5 dozen cookies. I filled each cookie sheet with 12 cookies and, since my cookie dough balls were larger than 1-inch, I baked for 18 minutes.
I did not flatted the dough before baking and they were a perfect shape.
I omitted the nuts though I think they would be good.
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