The Best Chewy Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

I really like to use more raisins, omitting the nuts.


2  cups  flour
1  tsp  baking soda
1  tsp  baking powder
1  tsp  salt
1  tsp  cinnamon
1  cup  butter
1  cup  dark brown sugar
1  cup  white sugar
2  large  eggs
2  tsp  vanilla
3  cups  old fashioned or quick oatmeal
1-1/2  cups  raisins (soak in boiling water for a couple of minutes, drain and let cool before adding to the cookie dough.)
1/2  cup  chopped pecans, optional

Preheat oven to 350°
Whisk dry ingredients; set aside. Combine wet ingredients with a mixer on low. Increase speed to high and beat until fluffy and the color lightens.

Stir the flour mixture into the creamed mixture until no flour is visible. Now add the oats and raisins. Stir to blend together.

Fill cookie scoop with dough. Press against side of bowl, pulling up to level dough. Drop 2-inches apart onto baking sheet sprayed with non-stick spray.

Bake 11-13 minutes (on center rack), until golden, but still moist beneath cracks on top. Remove from oven; let cookies sit on baking sheet for 2 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool.