Classic Chewy Oatmeal Cookies

Name: Classic Chewy Oatmeal Cookies
Yield: Makes 20 cookies
Ingredients: 1 cup (5 ounces; 142 grams), all-purpose flour; 3/4 teaspoon, salt; 1/2 teaspoon, baking soda; 4 tablespoons, unsalted butter; 1/4 teaspoon, ground cinnamon; 3/4 cup (5 1/4 ounces; 149 grams), dark brown sugar; 1/2 cup (3 1/2 ounces; 99 grams), granulated sugar; 1/2 cup, Vegetable oil; 1 , large egg plus 1 large yolk; 1 teaspoon, vanilla extract; 3 cups (9 ounces; 255 grams), old-fashioned rolled oats; 1/2 cup, raisins

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated September/October 2016, America's Test Kitchen TV

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We wanted to improve the classic recipe from the Quaker canister. Our method is chewier, moister, and easier to make.

SERVESMakes 20 cookies

TIME50 minutes, plus 30 minutes cooling

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Many oatmeal cookies are dry, cakey, and overly spiced. To make ours dense and chewy, we combine unsaturated fat (vegetable oil) and saturated fat (butter) in a ratio of nearly 3 to 1, and we reduce the proportion of flour. Adding an extra ...

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