Ultimate Oatmeal Raisin Cookie

I have to admit that my oatmeal raisin cookie recipe is really good. I don't skimp on the raisins or the walnuts and I have a secret ingredient, Greek Yogurt, to make sure they are the moistest oatmeal raisin cookies ever! They're soft and chewy and loaded with raisins and walnuts. If you're not a fan of raisins or walnuts, try using crasins and white chocolate chips instead. They might not be strictly a cookie just for the holidays but they've always been a staple in our Christmas Eve cookie platter. Be sure to save some of these for Santa Claus - the reindeer sure love them too!!

2 sticks of room temperature butter
1 cup of sugar
1 cup of brown sugar
3/4 cup of chopped walnuts
3/4 cup of Golden raisins
3/4 cup of Dark raisins
1 tablespoon of Vanilla

2 large eggs
½ cup of plain Greek Yogurt or Sour Cream

2 cups of all purpose flour
3 cups of Oats

1 teaspoon of cinnamon
1/8 of a teaspoon of fresh nutmeg
1 teaspoon of kosher salt
1 teaspoon of baking powder
1 teaspoon of baking soda

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees

Cream together your butter, both sugars, the two eggs, and the vanilla. The best way to do this is with an electric mixer. Turn your mixer on high and whip the mixture together until it's light and fluffy - it usually takes about 5 minutes. In a separate bowl - combine the flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and nutmeg together and gently with them together. This ensures they dry ingredients are  into each other before we add them into the butter. Combine the dry ingredients with the creamed butter and mix together just until there is no flour visible. Next add the half a cup of Greek yogurt and mix into the batter. Finally add the oats, raisins, and walnuts and mix together until they become incorporated into the batter.

Use a cookie scoop or a large tablespoon to scoop out the batter and place onto a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. Keep the cookies about 2 inches apart from each other as they will spread out a bit. Bake the cookies for 10 to 12 minutes.