Oatmeal Cookies
RECIPE INGREDIENTS: | |
 | 1 cup (2 sticks) butter |
| 3/4 cup sugar |
| 3/4 cup packed dark brown sugar |
| 1 teaspoon vanilla extract |
| 1 egg |
| 1 1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour |
| 1 teaspoon baking soda |
| 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon |
| 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg |
| 1/2 teaspoon salt |
| 3/4 cup raisins |
| 1 1/2 cups old-fashioned oatmeal |
| 1/2 cup walnuts, coarsely chopped (optional) |
These cookies were really fun to make. I like these cookies because they taste good and they have a lot of sugar in it! I give these cookies a five star rating!
1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Cream the butter in a mixer or food processor and add the sugars, vanilla extract, and egg, blending until smooth. Sift together the dry ingredients (except old-fashioned oatmeal) over a piece of waxed paper and add to the butter mixture. Blend well. 
2. Fold in the raisins, oatmeal, and walnuts, then drop batter by even tablespoons onto a buttered baking sheet. Leave at least two inches between the cookies because they will spread while baking; in addition, slightly flatten the raw cookies with the bottom of your spoon before setting them in the oven. Bake about 15 minutes or until the cookies turn a golden brown. This recipe makes about 16 large cookies. 
I added 1/2 cup chocolate chips instead of the raisens and nuts.
Here is the finished product. Yummmm!
