Spiced Brandy Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
Soft and chewy spiced oatmeal cookies, studded with crunchy toasted walnuts and sweet bursts of brandy-soaked raisins... the ultimate oatmeal raisin cookies
Servings: 24 -30 cookies
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter softened
- 1/2 cup shortening butter flavored if you have it
- 1 cup brown sugar packed
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 2 eggs at room temperature
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp ground cloves
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 3 cups old fashioned oats
- 1 cup raisins
- 1/2-3/4 cup brandy or rum
- 1/2 cup walnuts toasted and chopped (optional)
Instructions
- Warm the brandy in the microwave for 1 minute, pour oven raisins and set aside to soak.
- In a large bowl (or the bowl of your stand mixer), cream butter, shortening, brown sugar and granulated sugar until creamy. Mix in eggs, one at a time, and mix in vanilla. Beat until creamy and smooth.
- In a mixing bowl, add flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg. Whisk together to combine and remove any lumps.
- Add the dry ingredients to the wet mixture, half of the dry at a time, mixing until just combined.
- Drain raisins until they're no longer dripping and wet. Stir raisins and oats into the dough.
- Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour, or up to overnight.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
- Use a small cookie scoop or spoons and drop small balls of dough onto the baking sheet, leaving a couple of inches in between.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes, rotating the baking sheet halfway through, until the edges are lightly golden. The middle will seem soft and puffy.
- Let cool on baking sheet for 3 minutes, then remove to a cooling rack to continue cooling.
Notes
** For best results, chill the dough as indicated in the recipe.
** If you want walnuts, place them in a small dry skillet and heat over low heat until fragrant and lightly toasted. Cool and chop. Add to the dough along with the raisins and oats.
** If you want walnuts, place them in a small dry skillet and heat over low heat until fragrant and lightly toasted. Cool and chop. Add to the dough along with the raisins and oats.