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Whole Wheat Chewy Oatmeal Raisin Cookies (freezer tip!)

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By: Rachel GurkPosted: 09/18/2017Updated: 06/14/2021

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These chewy oatmeal raisin cookies are lacy and thin and perfect with your afternoon coffee or tea! Read my tips for freezing - it's great to brighten someone's day! get the cookie recipe on rachelcooks.com!

These chewy oatmeal raisin cookies are lacy and thin and perfect with your afternoon coffee or tea! Read my tips for freezing – it’s great to brighten someone’s day!

These chewy oatmeal raisin cookies are lacy and thin and perfect with your afternoon coffee or tea! Read my tips for freezing - it's great to brighten someone's day! get the cookie recipe on rachelcooks.com!

BABIES. I love babies and I love bringing new moms (and dads!) food. I’ve talked about it in depth before when I shared my Chicken Tuscan Pasta Bake, and my feelings have not changed. Ben’s cousin just had a new baby and although we won’t be able to visit for a few weeks, I’m already planning what goodies I’m going to bring them.

One of my favorite things to bring are cookies. But I do it with a twist. I bring some cookies that are baked and ready to go, but I also bring cookie dough balls that are frozen with baking instructions. You might think, “Wow, why are you making them do the work?” 

Well, when you have a baby, you get a lot of visitors.

PS: Read my tips for visiting new babies but please don’t send me hate mail.

These chewy oatmeal raisin cookies are lacy and thin and perfect with your afternoon coffee or tea! Read my tips for freezing - it's great to brighten someone's day! get the cookie recipe on rachelcooks.com!

So when you have a lot of visitors, sometimes you feel compelled to feed them and entertain them. Even just after giving birth, many of us moms feel the need to be Susie Homemaker or the perfect hostess.

The fantastic thing about sending cookie dough balls is that new moms can pop them in the oven when they get spur-of-the moment visitors. The visitors arrive, the house smells like freshly baked cookies, and they’re greeted with warm and chewy oatmeal raisin cookies.

THE NEW MOM WINS. She’s amazing! She’s the envy of the town! How does she do it? Everyone is so impressed. She has it all together!

I make the new moms promise not to tell anyone our little secret. And I make them promise to use parchment paper so they don’t have to do any dishes.

Just kidding, I don’t make them promise to do either one of those things but I do highly recommend it. Everyone deserves to feel like a domestic goddess even though they’re leaking fluids from goodness knows where and they can’t button their pants.

How to Freeze Cookie Dough

To freeze cookie dough for a gift, scoop it out onto a tray (find one that fits in your freezer) lined with parchment paper. Place it in the freezer until it hardens, and then transfer into a zip-top bag or other freezer safe container. Label it with the name of the recipe and baking directions.

Tip: I love to use a cookie scoop to form nice uniform dough balls – this is the size I use. It also makes them nice and round which looks a little nicer if you’re gifting them. If you really want to be a superstar, include a box of parchment paper sheets for the new mom to use on her cookie sheets!

Freezing the dough on a tray first prevents the dough balls from squishing or sticking together. See how lovely they look? The bag was fogging up inside because they were frozen and Michigan has been unseasonably warm, but they still look great!

I’ll let you in on a secret – many of my friends and relatives have admitted that sometimes these never make it to the oven. I know how that goes a little too well!

I teamed up with Bob’s Red Mill to bring you this recipe; they too are passionate about spreading love through special care packages like this one. They shared with me that psychologists have found that baking for others makes the baker feel as good, if not better, than the recipient. Sounds like a win-win to me!

These chewy oatmeal raisin cookies are lacy and thin and perfect with your afternoon coffee or tea! Read my tips for freezing - it's great to brighten someone's day! get the cookie recipe on rachelcooks.com!

To make these cookies a little different from a standard oatmeal raisin cookie, I added a few extra spices beyond the usual cinnamon. There is still plenty of cinnamon in these, but I also added nutmeg, cardamom, ginger, and cloves. Not only do they smell incredible while they’re baking, they also give you a little taste of all those holiday spices without being an overtly holiday cookie — they’re great for any time of year.

Tip: Want these cookies to stand out from the rest a little more? Try using jumbo raisins, dried cherries, finely grated orange peel, or dried cranberries!

I also used whole wheat flour in these cookies. I love whole wheat flour in cookies; I think using it instead of all-purpose adds a great layer of flavor and texture to cookies. If you don’t have it or prefer all-purpose, by all means use that! My family is very accustomed to nearly exclusively eating whole wheat flour, so they don’t even really know the difference.

These chewy oatmeal raisin cookies are lacy and thin and perfect with your afternoon coffee or tea! Read my tips for freezing - it's great to brighten someone's day! get the cookie recipe on rachelcooks.com!

And then of course, the star! Rolled oats! Bob’s Red Mill also makes thick-cut rolled oats which I LOVE using in granola recipes. Either type will work in this recipe for chewy oatmeal raisin cookies, but don’t go near steel cut or quick cooking oats for this recipe, okay?

Check out more delicious healthy recipes, snag coupons and find stores near you at BobsRedMill.com!

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These chewy oatmeal raisin cookies are lacy and thin and perfect with your afternoon coffee or tea! Read my tips for freezing - it's great to brighten someone's day! get the cookie recipe on rachelcooks.com!
Recipe

Get the Recipe: Oatmeal Raisin Cookies (Whole Wheat!)

4.55 from 11 votes
Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 12 mins
Cooling Time: 3 mins
Total Time: 30 mins
42 cookies
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Oatmeal raisin cookies have so much goodness in every bite with healthy oats, whole wheat flour, and lots of raisins!

Ingredients

  • 1 cup packed brown sugar
  • ⅓ cup granulated sugar
  • 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • 1 ½ cups whole wheat flour (all purpose flour can be substituted)
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
  • ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
  • ¼ teaspoon ground ginger
  • 3 cups old-fashioned rolled oats (not steel cut or instant oats)
  • 1 cup raisins

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350°F. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
  • In large bowl, combine sugar, brown sugar and butter; beat until light and fluffy. Add eggs and vanilla; beat until combined.
  • Add flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and ginger to bowl. Mix lightly to combine dry ingredients, then blend into wet ingredients. Do not overmix. Fold in oats and raisins.
  • Scoop dough by heaping tablespoonfuls (size 40 scoop) and place 3 inches apart on prepared cookie sheets.
  • Bake for 10-12 minutes or until edges are golden brown. Cool 2 to 3 minutes before removing from cookie sheets and placing on a wire rack to cool completely.

Notes

  • If desired, cover and chill dough for 1 hour, or overnight. Add 1-2 minutes to baking time.
  • Freezer Directions: Drop by heaping tablespoonfuls onto a tray lined with parchment paper (make sure the tray fits in your freezer!). Freeze one hour or until hardened and then transfer to an airtight freezer-safe container and store in the freezer for up to three months. Bake as directed in the recipe, adding 2-3 minutes to the baking time as needed.

Nutrition Information

Serving: 1cookie, Calories: 115kcal, Carbohydrates: 17g, Protein: 2g, Fat: 5g, Saturated Fat: 3g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g, Monounsaturated Fat: 1g, Trans Fat: 1g, Cholesterol: 19mg, Sodium: 65mg, Potassium: 77mg, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 7g, Vitamin A: 147IU, Vitamin C: 1mg, Calcium: 16mg, Iron: 1mg

This website provides approximate nutrition information for convenience and as a courtesy only. Nutrition data is gathered primarily from the USDA Food Composition Database, whenever available, or otherwise other online calculators.

© Author: Rachel Gurk
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Verdict: These chewy oatmeal raisin cookies are a delicate but chewy cookie, and I love that! They’re not overly dense like oatmeal raisin cookies can often be. You’ll find yourself reaching for two or three of these!
Husband’s take: Ben loved these! As I always say, I’m sure he’d prefer his favorite whole wheat chocolate chip cookies, but truthfully, he’s happy with any cookie I make.
Changes I would make: None are necessary! If you prefer, this recipe would also work with all-purpose flour in place of the whole wheat flour.
Difficulty: Easy

Disclosure: I’ve partnered with Bob’s Red Mill as a brand ambassador to bring you this post and these chewy oatmeal raisin cookies. They compensated me for my time but all opinions are, as always, my own. If you opened my cupboards and fridge, you’d find a wealth of Bob’s Red Mill products that I have purchased myself. Thanks for supporting Rachel Cooks by reading about brands I use and love! 

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  1. Amy says

    September 10, 2018 at 11:18 pm

    I made these and froze them in flattened balls but after baking they didn’t melt or spread out at all and just had dry lumps of oats. What did I do wrong?
    Admittedly used porridge oats as I had run out of rolled oats.

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    • Rachel Gurk says

      September 11, 2018 at 10:16 am

      Hi Amy,
      It was probably the type of oats you used! If anything these spread a little too much, they’re almost lace-like….so they’ll probably work better with rolled oats. :)

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