This recipe, which I actually made yesterday but didn’t get around to posting, comes straight off the back of a Quaker Oats cookie jar I won late last year. My recipe was a Thai spiced turkey meatloaf with a peanut sauce topping. It didn’t win any cash, but I was really happy they liked the idea enough to send me this handsome cookie jar. The front looks like a Quaker Oats box, and here is what the recipe looks like.
Can’t read the small print? Click here for Quaker’s Best Oatmeal Cookie recipe, which includes a picture of what the cookies are supposed to look like. They sure don’t look like mine, but that’s okay. These were so buttery, flavorful and soft that even Todd liked them and he’s not much of an oatmeal cookie fan.
You may omit the raisins of course, but I love raisins and kept them in. For these cookies, I used Sun Maid “Jumbo” assorted raisins. Maybe that’s why my cookies look so different from the others.
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This is the exact recipe I always use, with the addition of Sunmaid baking raisins. They stay really plump and moist, even after baking.
Geez, I sound like a paid advertisement! They are good, though.
Hi, i’ve been reading your blog for a while, and thought i’d finally pop my head in and say hello!! this is the recipe i use too, and they always come out beautifully. keep up the tasty amazing blogging work!!
I love the Sun Maid Baking Raisins! They are such a great product. Glad to hear you use this recipe too.
Stephanie, thanks for stopping in to say hello. It’s always nice to hear from people I’m sort of talking to every day
. I’m also glad this recipe has a loyal following. Gee, I guess Quaker knows what they are doing over in that test kitchen.
Cindy, I am interested. If you see this comment, please send me the original.
I am delurking to say I love this recipe. I make these every year for my father on his birthday. This year I decided to add chocolate chips to half the batch and they were so yummy.
I was just wondering if you need to add the nutmeg, or if they will be just fine without it? I look forward to making these! They look scrumtious!
Brittany, the cookies would still be great even without the nutmeg. I hope you try them!
Love the idea of getting the original recipe and making some fantastic oatmeal cookies. CindyD please hurry and post the recipe for me!