The Very Best Oatmeal Raisin Cookies Ever!

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr 15 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 3 large eggs, lightly beaten
• 1/4 cup water
• 1 cup raisins
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup crisco shortening
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 2 cups quick-cooking oatmeal (not instant)
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
• 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1 cup granulated sugar

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°.
• 2 whisk eggs in a small bowl, add 1/4 cup water, 1 tsp vanilla and raisins; mix well. very important let set on counter for at least 1 hour.
• 3 in another bowl, combine crisco, and sugars, mix well.
• 4 gradually add dry ingredients.
• 5 blend in raisin mixture -- mix well.
• 6 i use a cookie scoop, slightly less than 1/4 cup and place them on a greased cookie sheet. i slightly flatten them with the back of the scoop.
• 7 bake at 350° for 10-12 minutes. do not flatten cookies a lot -- just a gentle tap.other wise they will flatten out too much.
• 8 baking note: please remember to reverse position of cookie sheets halfway through baking. do not over bake. cookies should be slightly golden brown around edges. centers will look set-- let cool 1 minute on cookie sheet and then remove to wire rack to complete cool.
• 9 i have used this recipe for over 30 years-- always outstanding-- most important thing to remove cookies from oven before they are finished-- residual heat in cookies will complete cooking-- and result in a cookie that is not dried out.
• 10 i also add more walnuts, as i like lots of big nuts in my oatmeal cookies-- i have often left the egg, raisin mixture on counter, for a couple of hours while cleaning house and came back and baked marvelous cookies.