5 Yummy Oatmeal Cookie Recipes

Basic Oatmeal Cookies with 4 Variations and Some Presentation Ideas

Oatmeal cookies have always been one of our family's favorites. Because of that, I have experimented with a variety of ways to enjoy them. Below, you will find my favorite oatmeal cookie recipes. To make each, you'll start with the first of the oatmeal cookie recipes, which will be the basic recipe. Following the recipes are a few fun ways to present the cookies.

Oatmeal Cookie Recipes: Basic Oatmeal Cookies

This is a basic oatmeal cookie recipe. This can be enjoyed as is or used as a base for the following recipes.

Ingredients

2 cups flour

1 cup oats

¾ cup sugar

1 cup brown sugar

1tsp vanilla (100% natural - no imitations)

½ tsp almond extract (100% natural - no imitations)

1 cup butter

2 eggs

1 tbsp baking powder.

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350F and grease a baking sheet. In a large mixing bowl, blend all of the ingredients together. I often just throw all the ingredients together, rather than using a specific order, so feel free to do it how you want, as long as all the ingredients are blended. Your end result should yield a dough of thick consistency. Spoon the dough onto the baking sheet (teaspoon sized balls), 1 inch apart from each other. These take 8-10 minutes to cook. Halfway into the cooking process, you'll want to flatten the cookies with the back of a spoon and put them back into the oven. Enjoy! This makes about 3 dozen.

Oatmeal Cookie Recipes: Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies

For this recipe, prepare the basic oatmeal cookie recipe first. The recipe will be the same, except you'll need to add ½ cup flour and 1 cup peanut butter. Bake with the same instructions as the original recipe, except you'll want to use a fork instead of a spoon to place a lined shape into the cookies when you press them down.

Oatmeal Cookie Recipes: Pecan Oatmeal Cookies

For this recipe, prepare the basic oatmeal cookie recipe first. Simply add 1 cup of chopped or halved pecans to the recipe, depending on your choice of texture. To add even more taste, sprinkle in 1 tsp of cinnamon.

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