Alton Brown's Delicious Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

Do you like oatmeal cookies? If so, do yourself a favor and try out this recipe.  I found it in one of Alton Brown's baking cookbooks- it's absolutely terrific.  

The original recipe makes about 6 dozen cookies... Sure, it's a lot of cookies, but they freeze quite well... and they'll keep for about 2 weeks or so in an airtight container according to the cookbook (but they've never around for too long at my house- just a few days or so with my brother's friends around... or taken for lunches, etc.)

Alton Brown's Oatmeal Cookies

(Printable Recipe)

Ingredients:

5 sticks (2 1/2 cups) unsalted butter, softened

1 1/2 cups dark brown sugar

1 cup sugar

2 large eggs

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

3 cups all-purpose flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

6 cups rolled oats (traditional, NOT quick cook, instant, or irish!)

2 cups raisins

Parchment paper for cookie sheets

Directions:

Preheat oven to 375.

1. Cream together butter, brown sugar, & sugar.

2. Add in eggs & vanilla.

3. In medium/large bowl, stir together flour, baking powder, and cinnamon.  Spoon in flour mixture into creamed mixture.

4. Once dough is formed, stir in oats. 

5. Add raisins.

6. Scoop and drop tablespoon balls of dough onto ungreased or parchment-lined cookie sheets with each mound of dough approximately 2 inches apart.

7. Bake for 15-17 minutes, rotating the pans after 8 minutes, until the cookies have begun to brown on the edges.

8. Remove from oven and hold the cookies on the baking sheets for 2 minutes before moving to a rack to cool completely.

YUM!