Old Fashioned Oatmeal Cookies Recipe

Grandma's old fashioned oatmeal cookies recipes had their beginnings during the Middle Ages, and they have remained popular ever since.

It's because oatmeal tastes wholesomely delicious and the cookies are so easy to make. And, they're the perfect homemade cookie for snacking on or for packing in a lunch.

Myself, I love to eat these homemade rolled oat cookies after they have been chilled in the freezer for a while, but you can enjoy yours whatever way you want. They will taste absolutely delicious no matter which way you eat them.

Mom's Old Fashioned Oatmeal Cookies Recipes

Mom's Recipe Scrapbooks (c. 1920s)

Rich Rolled Oat Cookies

6 tablespoons shortening, 1/2 cup white sugar, 1 cup rolled oats, 1/4 cup sour milk, 1/4 cup baking soda, 1 cup and 2 tablespoons pastry flour or 1 cup hard wheat flour, 1 tablespoon baking powder, 1/4 teaspoon salt.

This cookie can be made using all lard or a good commercial shortening, or half white fat and half butter.

Cream the shortening well, work in the sugar, and add the rolled oats and sour milk alternately to the mixture. Mix and sift together all the fine dry ingredients (flour, soda, baking powder, and salt) and add gradually.

This makes a soft dough that should be well chilled (overnight or for several hours at least), after which it may be rolled to 1/6-inch thickness on a lightly floured board and shaped with cutter. Roll as little flour as possible into the cookies, to preserve their texture.

Bake on a greased sheet in a moderate oven 350°F, 10 to 12 minutes. This amount makes about 3 dozen 2-inch cookies.

Quick and Easy Oatmeal Cookies

2 cups flour
2 tablespoons baking soda
4 cups oatmeal
2 cups brown sugar
1 cup butter
1/2 cup boiling water

Some consider this the best old fashioned oatmeal cookies recipe. To make it, sift flour and soda into large bowl, then mix in oatmeal, and sugar. Place butter in small bowl containing boiling water, stir, then add to dry mixture.

Roll cookie dough thin, shape, and bake in moderate oven (375°F) for about 12 minutes. Enjoy!

Old Time Rolled Oat Cookies

3 cups rolled oats, 3 cups flour, 1 teaspoon salt, 2 cups brown sugar, 1 heaping cup shortening, 1 level teaspoon soda, 1 cup boiling water; roll thin and bake in a moderate oven (375°F). —Mrs. K. M. Denoon

Aunt Audrey's Rolled Oat Cookies

1 cup rolled oats, 1 cup white sugar, 1 cup butter, 1/2 cup sour milk (or sweet milk with 1 tablespoon vinegar added), 1 teaspoon baking soda, 2-1/2 cups flour.

Roll these cookies thin and bake (375°F).

Spicy Rolled Oat Cookies

1 cup flour, 1/2 cup shortening, 1/2 teaspoon baking soda, 2 tablespoons milk, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1/2 cup brown sugar, 1/4 cup granulated sugar, 1/2 cup rolled oats, 1 tablespoon cinnamon, 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg.

Mix dry ingredients and add shortening. Bake on greased pan at 350°F.

Washington Whole Wheat Oatmeal Cookies

2 cups oatmeal (standard, uncooked), 1 cup whole wheat flour, 1 cup brown sugar, 1/2 teaspoon soda, 1 teaspoon salt, 1/2 cup shortening, 1 egg beaten, 1/4 cup milk, 1 cup nuts, chopped fine (optional).

Mix all dry ingredients together, then rub in shortening with fingers. Add egg and milk mixed together. Drop spoonfuls on well-greased pan and press flat with bottom of spoon or spatula. Bake in moderate oven (350°F) 10 minutes. Makes 40 to 50 cookies.

Fine Oatmeal Cookies

Two tablespoons butter, three-quarters cup brown sugar, three tablespoons sour milk, one even teaspoon soda, three-quarters cup oatmeal (fine), two cups flour. Roll thin and bake in a quick oven (375°F). —Mrs. James Park

Rolled Oat Drop Cookies

Is this the best old fashioned oatmeal cookies recipe? To try it, cream 1 cup butter, add 2 cups brown sugar, and blend. Beat in 2 eggs and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Stir in 2 cups rolled oats; add 2 cups flour, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon soda.

Mix well, and drop on greased cookie sheet. Bake in moderate oven at 350°F for 15 minutes.

Peppermint Oatmeal Cookies

3 cups oatmeal, 1-1/2 cups cream, 2 eggs, 2 cups sugar, 1 cup lard, 1 teaspoon soda, pinch of salt, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, essence of peppermint, flour to roll.

Soak the oatmeal 1/2 an hour in the cream. Add the eggs, sugar, lard, soda, salt, and cinnamon. Flavor with essence of peppermint to taste.

Roll out thin with flour. Spread in tins and bake in moderate oven (350°F). Cut into squares while warm. Let stand in tin until cool, then lift out.

Old Fashioned Oatmeal Cookies Recipe

Second Edition of the Neighborhood Cook Book (1914)

Molasses Rolled Oat Cookies

Three cups raw rolled oats, two cups flour, three-fourths cup sugar, three-fourths cup melted butter, three-fourths cup molasses, one teaspoon cinnamon, one-half teaspoon soda. Bake at 350°F.

Fannie Farmer's Old Fashioned Oatmeal Cookies Recipe

The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book (1896)

Fannie Farmer's Oatmeal Cookies

1 egg, 1/4 cup sugar, 1/4 cup thin cream, 1/4 cup milk, 1/2 cup fine oatmeal, 2 cups flour, 2 teaspoons baking powder, 1 teaspoon salt.

Beat egg until light, add sugar, cream, and milk; then add oatmeal, flour, baking powder, and salt, mixed and sifted.

Toss on a floured board, roll, cut in shape, and bake in a moderate oven at 350°F.