Two thick, chewy oatmeal raisin chocolate chip mega-cookies from Smitten Kitchen Every Day: Triumphant and Unfussy New Favorites (page 204) by Deb Perelman

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  • averythingcooks on April 19, 2026

    What a great idea for a "last minute after dinner" cookie fix. I had everything measured out (replacing the raisins with butterscotch chips) & mixed the dough while T plated dinner. I baked for the full 17 minutes, they came out while we were eating (but stayed soft/chewy as they waited) & this is an idea worth repeating.

  • ljl1989 on February 13, 2026

    These are very good for what they are. Flavorwise, I thought they were good, not great (base is a little..bland? for me to make it a go-to recipe). But the method was so simple and they were perfect for a quick treat! We don't like raisins in cookies so just did some dark chocolate chips. Very tasty.

  • Jviney on February 27, 2024

    As there are no raisin lovers at my house, I substituted King Arthur orange jammy bits for them. I thought the oats were a bit chewy but we ate them nonetheless and enjoyed them thoroughly.

  • anya_sf on January 23, 2022

    Perhaps not my favorite cookies, but close to instant gratification, so I could definitely see making these again. They were so huge, my son called them "cookie scones". With the large volume of mix-ins, they weren't as chewy/gooey as I like, but we weren't complaining.

  • Running_with_Wools on May 25, 2021

    What a fun recipe! Genius! I made these with my 9-year old and we had so much fun making just two cookies. Later that night, I made them with gluten free flour for my spouse. She loved being able to enjoy some chewy-gooey chocolate chip cookies as a midnight snack. The texture held up with the GF flour - they did not become too crisp. We will have these on heavy rotation.

  • mpo on February 14, 2021

    This was so easy, I couldn’t believe it! I used a half cup size measuring cup to scoop out, and that gave me two equal cookies.

  • westminstr on November 14, 2018

    i actually made three cookies rather than two. and i omitted the raisins and just used chocolate chips. i think raisins would have been good though! really appreciated how quick and easy these were to make, and next time i will make everything even quicker and easier by using the whole egg. they did take an extra couple of minutes to bake as per usual with my oven.

  • Lepa on April 19, 2018

    My family was moaning with delight while eating these big, melty cookies. I felt like the oats were a bit too chewy but then I noticed that I had used "extra thick rolled oats". I guess this is a good reason to try again tomorrow with regular rolled oats(!) Having a recipe for two big cookies is brilliant and this just might transform me into the kind of mom who regularly bakes cookies after school.

  • Lmocooks on January 31, 2018

    Why would you only make two? Because sometimes you “need” a treat but you don’t need to eat an entire full batch! They’re crunchy on the outside, soft in the middle, perfect.

  • BeckyLeJ on January 11, 2018

    I have raved about these since making them, earning a somewhat flummoxed response questioning why I’d make two big cookies rather than a whole batch. Whatever! These were the perfect size and the perfect amount of sweet. I had everything on hand and they took very little effort, which was exactly the amount of effort I wanted to put into a dessert/snack. Plus, the cleanup was minimal!

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