These oat and raisin cookies are really easy to make and taste great. My kids love them as an after-school treat or in lunch boxes for school and nursery school or for days out.
While they are still a sweet treat, the addition of rolled oats and raisins in them makes them seem a bit more wholesome than a chocolate filled cookie.
I might also be found nibbling on one from time to time, to top up the energy levels after a long day on my feet.
My kids also like to get involved in making these oat and raisin cookies, the dough is so simple to make and rolling them into balls can be great fun!
So easy to make, there’s no need to find lots of extra time to make these cookies.
Ingredients
Use this as a handy shopping list or to gather all the ingredients together. See the quantities in the recipe card further down the post.
- demerara sugar
- caster sugar – you can use golden or normal white caster sugar
- butter – I used unsalted
- egg
- vanilla bean paste (or vanilla extract)
- plain flour
- oats
- baking powder
- raisins
- salt
Step by step
- Place the butter and two different sugars in a large bowl. Beat together with a wooden spoon (or hand mixer) until the mixture is creamy and soft.
- Add the egg and vanilla bean paste and beat well.
- Sift in the flour, oats, baking powder and salt.
- Mix together with a wooden spoon until the mixture starts to come together.
- Add the raisins and mix into the dough roughly.
- Form small balls of the dough and place on a lined baking tray.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes at 180°C, or until lightly golden.
Variations
Add nuts for nutty oat cookies – I like chopped hazelnuts or almonds.
Vary the dried fruit and try some dried cranberries, cherries or apricots.
Add a handful of chocolate chips as a treat.
More to try
You’ll find more biscuit and cookie recipes that we love below:
- chocolate crinkle cookies
- white chocolate shortbread
- slow cooker pumpkin seed and mango oat bars
- cinnamon shortbread
- spiced crinkle cookies
Recipe
Oat and Raisin Cookies
Ingredients
- 40 g (2.75 tbsp) demerara sugar
- 85 g (0.66 cups) golden caster sugar
- 120 g (0.5 cups) unsalted butter softened
- 1 medium egg
- 1.5 tsp vanilla bean paste
- 175 g (1.4 cups) plain flour (all-purpose flour)
- 25 g (1.75 tbsp) oats
- 0.5 tsp baking powder
- pinch of salt
- 30 g (2 tbsp) raisins
Instructions
- Place the butter and two different sugars in a large bowl. Beat together with a wooden spoon (or hand mixer) until the mixture is soft and creamy.40 g demerara sugar, 85 g golden caster sugar, 120 g unsalted butter
- Add the egg and vanilla bean paste and beat well.1 medium egg, 1.5 tsp vanilla bean paste
- Sift in the flour, oats, baking powder and salt.175 g plain flour (all-purpose flour), 25 g oats, 0.5 tsp baking powder, pinch of salt
- Mix together with a wooden spoon until the mixture starts to come together.
- Add the raisins and mix into the dough roughly.30 g raisins
- Form small balls of the dough and place on a lined baking tray.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes at 180℃ / 350℉, or until lightly golden.
littlesunnykitchen says
I love oat cookies, they’re seriously the best! And I think that it’s a wonderful combination oats with raisins, healthy and delicious!
Sarah Trivuncic, Maison Cupcake says
Oats make the best cookies
Thanks for joining in with #BAKEoftheWEEK !
Coriander Queen says
These look so delicious! I’m going to bake a big batch of them next time we are off out on a picnic! Yum!
bakingqueen74 says
Excellent plan Isabella! 🙂
Mandy Mazliah says
These look lovely. There’s something about a homemade oaty cookie that just seems so much healthier than a shop bought biscuit! Thanks for linking up to #CookBlogShare x
kerrycooks says
These look so tasty Lucy! BUT I wouldn’t be able to resist adding chocolate chunks…
bakingqueen74 says
Thanks Kerry! I knew it, you are definitely a chocolate fiend
Dannii @ Hungry Healthy Happy says
There is that meme that says “the reason I have trust issues is because of raisins in cookies” (meaning people always think they are chocolate chips and then get disappointed). But I love oat and raisin cookies – they make such a nice change.
bakingqueen74 says
I haven’t seen that one! At least these are honest about containing raisins I s’pose which must be good
Becca @ Amuse Your Bouche says
I haven’t had an oaty cookie in YEARS! I don’t tend to buy biscuits, but these look absolutely fab. Homemade are always better.
bakingqueen74 says
I agree Becca! Perfect for the kids and me 🙂