Crave old-fashioned oatmeal raisin cookies? Try my Spiced Rum Oatmeal Raisin Cookies recipe!
The perfect combination of rum and raisins makes for delicious oatmeal raisin cookies. Easy to make too.
Easy Spiced Rum Oatmeal Cookies For The Holidays
I broke open a bottle of rum for these AMAZING Spiced Rum Oatmeal Raisin Cookies, and you’ll LOVE them.
If old-fashioned oatmeal raisin cookies are what you typically crave, then bake up a batch of my spiced rum oatmeal raisin cookies.
Both Mrs. CBB and I are fans of oatmeal raisin cookies, especially if they are chewy oatmeal raisin cookies.
I don’t know where the idea for spiced rum came about for these oatmeal raisin cookies, but I’m glad I didn’t back down, as it adds that extra element of flavour.
They are so good that I can’t keep these oatmeal raisin cookies in the house long enough before the cookie jar is empty.
The best part about these oatmeal raisin cookies is that they are easy to make.
Use everyday pantry items that most people have on hand if they keep a stocked baking pantry.
Making Spiced Rum Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
I didn’t add traditional spices from the spice cabinet. Instead, I soaked the raisins overnight in Bacardi Spiced Rum.
You don’t need lots of rum to soak your raisins, so don’t go hog wild trying to drink them up.
All you need to do is add a 1/4 cup of spiced rum to 2 cups of raisins and cover overnight on the counter.
In the morning, you will have plump, juicy spiced rum raisins that will change the taste of your oatmeal cookies forever.
My sister-in-law came over and managed to scoop up a couple of the cookies, and now she always asks me to make them.
I’ve had raisins soaking for a few days but haven’t baked the cookies since my wife just had a baby.
Home bakers must remember that when you are learning to bake cookies, you must never over-bake the cookies.
If you bake too long, you will have hard and sometimes burnt cookies once they cool down.
If you didn’t already know, cookies continue to cook if you leave them on the baking sheet once you take them from the oven.
After a couple of minutes of cooling time, I always remove my cookies to a cooling rack.
When I made these oatmeal cookies, I wanted them to be chewy and thick because this is the way we enjoy our cookies.
We don’t particularly enjoy the flat cookie, so we lean more towards the drop cookie, which we refrigerate for about thirty minutes so it holds that thick shape.
I also find that refrigerating my cookie batter creates more of a chewy oatmeal cookie over the traditional hard oatmeal cookies.
Some of the best oatmeal raisin cookies I’ve had have always been homemade cookies.
They taste far better than store-bought cookies, and you know what ingredients go into them.
Easy Christmas Cookies
The Christmas countdown has started for holiday bakers who plan so they aren’t rushing around the kitchen at the last minute.
These spiced rum oatmeal raisin cookies are great for bake sales or as part of your Christmas cookie recipe book.
Alternatively, you can use coconut rum, which I have done, although the flavour is less robust than the spiced rum.
If you don’t like rum, you can leave it out because all you do is soak the raisins to plump them full of flavour.
Spiced Rum Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
- Recipe Type: Dessert
- Cuisine: Cookies
- Author: Mr.CBB
- Prep time: 20 mins
- Cook time: 5 mins
- Total time: 25 mins
- Serves: 20
These spiced rum oatmeal raisin cookies will not last long in your cookie jar if you make them for the holidays or as an everyday cookie. They are soft, chewy, and thick as they are refrigerated and dropped on the cookie sheet.
Ingredients
- 2 cups of raisins (your choice) soaked in 1/4 cup of spiced rum overnight
- 2 tablespoons molasses
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 large egg
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 tbsp pure vanilla extract
- 1 cup of all-purpose flour
- 1 cup of quick oats
- 1 tsp baking powder
Instructions
- Mix the butter and brown sugar until combined
- Add a large egg and pure vanilla and mix
- Add molasses and mix
- Add sifted all-purpose flour and baking powder and mix
- Add spiced rum-soaked raisins and combine gently
- Add quick oats and mix
- Once everything is combined in one bowl refrigerate for 30 minutes
- Drop cookie batter onto a non-stick baking sheet using an ice cream scoop, leaving space as they spread just a little bit. I put three per row.
- Bake in a pre-heated 325-degree oven for 5-8 mins until they form a crust around the cookie (depends on your oven. Do not let them brown on the bottom too much or they will get too hard)
- Remove from oven and after a couple of minutes put onto a cooling rack and enjoy hot or cooled. I find once they cool the flavours are more prominent.
If you are looking for an easy oatmeal cookie recipe, this is the one; however, if you want to soak the raisins, remember they must be done overnight.
It’s worth the wait to make sure your raisins are soaked in spiced rum, as it does change the overall taste of this delicious oatmeal raisin cookie.
Spiced Rum Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
Crave old-fashioned oatmeal raisin cookies? Try my Spiced Rum Oatmeal Raisin Cookies recipe!
The perfect combination of rum and raisins makes for delicious oatmeal raisin cookies. Easy to make, too.
Ingredients
- 2 cups of raisins (your choice) soaked in 1/4 cup of spiced rum overnight
- 2 tablespoons molasses
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 egg
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 tbsp pure vanilla extract
- 1 cup of all-purpose flour
- 1 cup of quick oats
- 1 tsp baking powder
Instructions
- Mix the butter and brown sugar until combined
- Add a large egg and pure vanilla and mix
- Add molasses and mix
- Add sifted all-purpose flour and baking powder and mix
- Add spiced rum-soaked raisins and combine gently
- Add quick oats and mix
- Once everything is combined in one bowl, refrigerate for 30 minutes
- Drop cookie batter onto a non-stick baking sheet using an ice cream scoop, leaving space as they spread just a little bit. I put three per row.
- Bake in a pre-heated 325-degree oven for 5-8 mins until they form a crust around the cookie (depends on your range. Do not let them brown on the bottom too much, or,they will get too hard)
- Remove from oven and after a couple of minutes, put onto a cooling rack and enjoy hot or cooled. I find once they cool, the flavours are more prominent.
-Mr. CBB
These do look good!!! I think the younger boy was hinting earlier as he asked me if I had looked a t the recipe yet…. Maybe one of the boys will get me some of the spiced rum next time they walk down to the LCBO!!! From the quantity I’d think one of those little bitty bottles would be plenty of rum even if I double the recipe. Thanksgiving is coming and we will likely be going to my SIL’s place and she likes rum but only in eggnog…wonder how she would like these cookies…. I need to get to the bulk store for a big bag of Thompson raisins. Those are my preference as they are less likely to be treated with sulphur as a preservative. Hopefully I can get what I need when I get there for my Christmas baking and start soon!!!
I just made a cookies last weekend and I want to try this spiced rum oatmeal raisin cookies! I didn’t think you can add rum in your oatmeal raisin cookies. 🙂
I prepared this spiced rum oatmeal raisin cookies for my children. They liked it because I added honey and milk. Still, I should have soaked the raisins overnight. It seems like they still liked it very much and looking forward to another one. Thanks for the recipe.