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Oatmeal Raisin Walnut Cookies | Can't Stay Out of the Kitchen

Oatmeal Raisin Walnut Cookies

Teresa Ambra
Oatmeal Raisin Walnut Cookies are heavenly comfort food! These tasty cookies are filled with oatmeal, raisins and walnuts and flavored with cinnamon and nutmeg that adds a hint of spicy flavor. Perfect for tailgating parties, potlucks, backyard barbecues or holiday baking and Christmas Cookie Exchanges. If you enjoy Oatmeal Cookies, these are fantastic.
3.36 from 25 votes
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Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
Total Time 37 minutes
Course Cookies, Brownies and Bars, Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 30
Calories 185 kcal

Equipment

  • 2 large 18x26" cookie sheet pans
  • 1 large mixing bowl
  • 1 electric mixer
  • 1 large cookie scoop
  • 1 nut chopper unless nuts are already chopped
  • measuring cups
  • measuring spoons
  • 1 spatula

Ingredients
  

  • 3 cups oatmeal
  • 1 cup finely diced black walnuts or regular walnuts black walnuts provide increased flavor!
  • 1 1/2 cups UNBLEACHED all-purpose flour bleached flour toughens cookies
  • 1 1/4 tsp. cinnamon
  • 3/4 tsp. salt
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 cup raisins or chocolate chips
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar packed
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 1/4 cups unsalted butter softened
  • 1 tsp. pure vanilla extract
  • 1/4 tsp. nutmeg
  • 1 tsp. baking soda

Instructions
 

  • Mix sugars, egg, butter, vanilla, nutmeg, cinnamon, salt and baking soda with an electric mixer.
  • Stir in flour, raisins, black walnuts and oatmeal with a wooden spoon.
  • Don’t use a mixer or cookies will be overmixed and toughen.
  • Scoop dough with a large cookie scoop and place on cookie sheets that have been sprayed with cookie spray.
  • Bake at 350° for 12-15 minutes.
  • Rotate cookie sheets on oven racks half way through baking time.
  • Remove from oven; cool.

Notes

NOTE: If desired, press cookies with a fork in criss-cross fashion before baking.
 
Recipe adapted from Quaker Oatmeal, and Hammons Pantry, a Black Walnut Distributor.
 
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Nutrition

Calories: 185kcalCarbohydrates: 21gProtein: 3gFat: 11gSaturated Fat: 5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0.3gCholesterol: 27mgSodium: 100mgPotassium: 98mgFiber: 1gSugar: 9gVitamin A: 248IUVitamin C: 0.3mgCalcium: 17mgIron: 1mg
Keyword cookie, dessert, oatmeal, oatmeal cookie, oatmeal raisin cookie, raisins, walnuts
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