Old-Fashioned Oatmeal Cookies

Recipe from Williams Sonoma Essentials of Baking

Photo by me

1 1/2 cups flour

1 tsp baking powder

1 TB cinnamon

1/4 tsp salt

1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature

1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed

1/2 cup sugar

2 large eggs

2 tsp vanilla extract

1 1/2 cups old-fashioned rolled oats (NOT instant)

2 cups raisins

In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder, cinnamon and salt. Set aside.

In a large bowl, combine the butter, brown sugar and white sugar. Beat on medium speed until smooth. Add eggs and vanilla and beat until well blended.

Add dry ingredients and rolled oats, beat until incorporated. Mix in raisins by hand using a large spoon.

Drop the dough by heaping tablespoons onto baking sheets. Bake at 350 F degree for 12 minutes and then keep checking until cookies look almost done but not quite golden brown. To ensure a chewy oatmeal cookie, make sure to remove the pan when the cookies are still a tiny bit doughy looking on top. (When they cool, they will firm up and be fully cooked, but still chewy.)

Let cookies cool on sheet for 5 minutes, then transfer them to a wire rack to cool completely.