Preheat oven to 350. Thoroughly cream the shortening and sugar together. Add the beaten eggs and beat well. Stir the dry ingredients and add to mixture. Add the oatmeal, raisins and pecans (optional).

This post has been updated. Oatmeal raisin cookies are a classic in the pantheon of desserts, so I was stunned to discover that The Washington Post didn’t have a recipe in our database for this ...

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Dear SOS: I was at Auntie Em’s Kitchen in Eagle Rock today for the first time. While they are known for their amazing cupcakes and fantastic food, today I had the best oatmeal cookie I’ve ever eaten.

Oatmeal raisin is one of the more polarizing types of cookies. While we believe that you should let them into your heart and admit oatmeal raisin cookies are good, there's one frequently overlooked ...

When I was still in grade school, I learned to make oatmeal raisin cookies and chocolate chip cookies. That was just about my entire cookie repertoire, and they were two separate entities. Then, when ...

Why This Recipe Works You'd think creating a gluten-free oatmeal-raisin cookie would be easy. But our favorite test kitchen recipe, which calls for 3 cups of rolled oats, also requires a good amount ...

Dear SOS: On a trip up the coast of Maine, we found a wonderful bakery in Portland called Standard Baking Co. Everything was delicious, but my husband declared the oatmeal cookies the best he’d ever ...

These flaky scones are easy to make, and their flavor reminds me of oatmeal raisin cookies! Skip the donuts and danishes, and start the morning on a healthier note. Make these Healthy Oatmeal Raisin ...

Just like all the other treats you can bake in the game, the Ascendant Oatmeal Raisin Cookies require you to gather a handful of ingredients and combine them in the Holiday Oven. The recipe is as ...

When I was a kid, there was nothing — and I mean nothing — worse than picking up what I thought was a chocolate chip cookie, taking a bite and realizing it was actually an oatmeal raisin cookie. I ...