Cookie Week Entry 4 - Oatmeal (Raisin or Chocolate Chip!)

Some like an oatmeal cookie... others don’t.

If you even remotely think you would enjoy the nice warm flavor of an oatmeal cookie you should definitely try this recipe. 




This cookie is a soft, sweet, cinnamony recipe that works great with raisins (the traditional type of oatmeal cookie).  If you have a crowd that isn’t a fan of raisins - try milk chocolate chips instead!  (everyone likes milk chocolate right!?!)

When you are eating oatmeal cookies with your friends share a little piece of history with them too-

Oatmeal probably dates back to Egyptian times - 2000 B.C.!  Now this these oats weren’t cultivated… and by some standards they may have been looked at as weeds - but all good things come from somewhere!  In the 1600’s oats were brought to the United States.  In fact- our first President of the United States was a farmer - and he sowed 580 acres of oats annually!

One thing can be certain though.  President George Washington and his wife Martha never had cookies like this!  J  Enjoy-

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Ingredients:

·         1 c. butter

·         1 c. white sugar

·         1 c. brown sugar

·         2 eggs

·         1 t. vanilla

·         2 c. flour

·         1 t. baking soda

·         1 t. salt

·         2 t. cinnamon

·         3 c. quick cooking oats

·         Raisins, nuts, or chocolate chips (choose one, or all three!)

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 375.

Beat eggs and vanilla together.

Add butter, sugar, brown sugar, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon.

Cream together.

Add quick cooking oats.

Mix thoroughly.

Add flour.  (adding ½ of the flour at first, mixing, then adding the rest of the flour works better)

Mix thoroughly.

Use a 2 T. scoop to portion out cookies on a parchment lined cookie sheet.

Bake for 8-10 minutes.

Allow cookies to cook on cookie sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to cooling rack.