Reviewed: Jan. 24, 2012

We really like these. We double the recipe and freeze the dough in balls for quick yummy cookies during the week. Love that these turn out well with shortening, saving us money! :)

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CookingInSeattle

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Seattle, Washington, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 30, 2011

These are actually the greatest cookies ever. Super easy to make-one large bowl and a wooden spoon and 15 minutes later you've got cookies. I used raisins the first time I made them and then raisins and mini chocolate chips the second time and needless to say they don't last long. Also if you cut the baking time by a couple of minutes they stay soft and chewy.

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francesca

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Living In: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Reviewed: Jan. 6, 2011

delicious flavor, but the texture seemed more like a cake's texture.

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mnarishap

Reviewed: Dec. 29, 2010

its pretty good. doesnt taste very oatmeal-y, which is either good or bad depending on your taste. i just add more oatmeal to the recipe...seemed okay :)

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ejiama

Reviewed: Oct. 28, 2010

Delicious. I added cinnamon to mine and I'll add even more the next time I make these. They've only been out of the oven 15 min and my husband has already eaten 8 cookies. I got 28 cookies out of mine, no where close to 4 dozen but they're so good it doesn't even matter. Thanks for sharing!

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Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Oct. 27, 2010

These where great I normally don' like oatmeal cookies but, as a surprise to my wife who does I searched for a recipe and found this one, I read the reviews and the one about getting flour just right, it did make me keep second guessing myself but, they where rght on , one recommendation I would make, is break the walnuts up a little if you make the cookies tsp big they will dominate the cookie, but good recipe, a keeper

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tricksta

Reviewed: Sep. 15, 2010

Not the cookie I was looking for, but these were a very nice surprise. I used butter flavor crisco, and it def added a buttery flavor. these were a bit crumbly coming out of the oven, but held up long enough to get rave reviews! I put walnuts and golden raisins in mine. Have a big glass of milk handy!!! Yum!

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BecciB

Reviewed: Sep. 2, 2010

I used butter instead of shortening, used 1/2 c white sugar + 1 T molasses instead of the sugars, replaced the egg with 1/4 c unsweetened applesauce, used white whole wheat flour, replaced walnuts with pecans, added a few semisweet chocolate chips, and baked for 10 minutes. The best oatmeal cookies I have ever made (and I'm sure they would have been if I hadn't modified anything as well!).

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S. White

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Apr. 9, 2010

These were very good cookies. The only changes I made was to omit the walnuts because I didn't have any and I added 1/2 tsp of cinnamon. Even my husband, who says he only really likes chocolate chip cookies, liked these. I used my #50 cookie scoop and got only one dozen 3" (approx.) cookies. I did bake for 12 minutes and we ate them while still a little warm. They were nice and chewy in the middle and lightly crisp on the edges. I couldn't tell you how they tasted the next day because we ate all 12 in one evening :) I can't imagine getting 48 cookies out of this amount of batter - if you do they would be awfully tiny and the baking time would have to be drastically reduced. This recipe was very similar to the Vanishing Oatmeal Raisin Cookies on my box of oats. There are just very minimal differences, with one of them being the ingredients are doubled what is called for in this recipe and that one says it makes 4 dozen cookies also. I wonder if the yield of 4 dozen stated in the recipe is a misprint? No matter the size they were very good!

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Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Dec. 3, 2009

Do NOT substitute butter for. the shortening specified. The cookies flattened out and slid into each other. I crumbled the mess into a bag for a quick ice cream topping. Next time I'll try doing it correctly.

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