OATMEAL-APPLE-RAISIN COOKIES

Oatmeal-Apple-Raisin Cookies image

Yield Makes about thirty 3-inch cookies

Number Of Ingredients 13

12 tablespoons (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter
1 1/2 cups firmly packed dark brown sugar
1/2 cup apple butter
1 large egg
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup dark raisins
1 apple, peeled, cored, seeded, and finely diced
4 cups old-fashioned rolled oats

Steps:

Preheat the oven to 350°F. Butter three 12 × 17-inch rimmed baking sheets. Set aside.
Cream the butter and brown sugar together in a large mixing bowl with a hand mixer on high speed until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add the apple butter and mix until well blended. Add the egg and mix on low speed until just incorporated.
Mix together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, and salt in a bowl. Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture on low speed and combine. Add the raisins, apples, and oats and gently mix to incorporate.
Using a small ice-cream scooper, scoop the dough into 1-inch balls. Place on the prepared baking sheets, leaving at least 2 inches between cookies. Flatten each cookie slightly with the palm of your hand.
Bake for 15 minutes, rotating the pan halfway through baking, until the edges of the cookies are light brown.
Let the cookies cool on the baking sheets for 2 minutes before transferring them with a spatula to wire cooling racks to fully cool.