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Oatmeal Spice Hazelnut Cookies
Chewy oatmeal hazelnut cookies with sweet raisins and fragrant spices.
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Ingredients
- ½ cup butter
- ½ cup sugar
- ½ cup brown sugar firmly packed
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 egg
- 1 cup flour
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- ½ tsp freshly ground nutmeg
- 1/2 tsp allspice
- Pinch salt
- ½ tsp baking soda
- 1 ½ cups large rolled oats
- 2/3 cup raisins
- ½ cup chopped toasted hazelnuts
Instructions
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Cream the butter and sugars together well.
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Add egg and vanilla and beat until light and fluffy.
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Sift together the flour, spices, salt and baking soda.
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Fold the dry mixture into into the creamed mixture.
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When the dry ingredients are almost incorporated, add the rolled oats, raisins and hazelnuts.
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Chill the dough well for an hour or so them roll in one inch balls.
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Place onto a parchment lined cookie sheet about 2 inches apart. Press down sightly with the bottom of a drinking glass.
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Bake at 375 degrees for about 9-10 minutes. Do not over bake or your cookies will lose their chewy texture. They may even look a little under baked when you take them from the oven.
Recipe Notes
Total time does not include at least an hour to chill the dough. I find as a rule, that cookies like these always bake better from cold dough.