ICED OATMEAL RAISIN COOKIES
These Old Fashioned Iced Oatmeal Raisin Cookies are delicious! If you love love oatmeal cookies these are for you. These are great for any gathering and the icing is honestly what makes them even better. If you have followed our site for any amount of time you know we love these wonderful Old Fashioned recipes. So many of our recipes are ones your grandmother made!
Iced Oatmeal Raisin Cookies Ingredients Needed:
All Purpose Flour
Baking Powder
Baking Soda
Ground Cinnamon
Salt
Old Fashioned Rolled Oats
Shortening (I use Crisco)
Granulated Sugar
Brown Sugar
Eggs
Vanilla Extract
Raisins
Glaze Ingredients:
Powdered Sugar
Milk
These cookies have a powdered sugar glaze and it really is delicious, it just sinks into the cookie some and keeps them nice and moist. You could also put cream cheese frosting on these cookies or leave the frosting off all together.
If you like oatmeal cookies, you may also love these delicious Cranberry Coconut Oatmeal Cookies. They are perfect for the holiday season.
We always get this question “can I leave the raisins out?“.. yes.. you can leave them out. You could also add pecans or walnuts. These cookies are versatile and your family will love them.
Tip: Cookies should come out of the oven a little undercooked. This keeps them from getting hard.
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Iced Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups old-fashioned rolled oats
- 1 cup shortening I used Crisco
- 1 cup white granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 3 eggs
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 cup raisins
Glaze Ingredients:
- 2 cups confectionery sugar
- 5 to 6 tablespoons milk
Instructions
- Whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, salt and rolled oats in a large mixing bowl.
- Cut in shortening, mixing until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
- In a smaller, using a mixer, cream together the white sugar, brown sugar, eggs and vanilla extract.
- Add this to the flour mixture and mix well with mixer. Fold in raisins with a spoon. Make balls about the size of a small walnut and place on ungreased cookie sheet.
- I use the bottom of a drinking glass dipped in sugar to mash the cookies out flat.
- Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 10 to 12 minutes. Makes about 4 dozen.
Glaze Instructions:
- Whisk together and dip tops of cooled cookies in frosting. You can add more milk or sugar until you reach the consistency you like for frosting.
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