Oatmeal Cookies

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Oatmeal Cookies 500

Oatmeal Cookies

2 1/2 cups (5 sticks) unsalted butter, softened

1 ½ cups firmly packed brown sugar

1 cup granulated sugar

2 eggs (or 2 Tbsp powdered egg plus 4 Tbsp water)

2 tsp vanilla

3 cups all-purpose flour

2 tsp baking soda

2 tsp ground cinnamon

1 tsp salt (omit if using salted butter)

6 cups old-fashioned or quick oats

2 cups raisins

Place raisins in a small saucepan and cover with a small amount of water. Simmer for a couple of minutes until raisins have absorbed most of the water. This will keep the raisins moist as they bake in the oven. Drain any excess water. Set aside to cool.

In a large bowl, cream butter and sugars. Add eggs and vanilla; beat well. Add all dry ingredients except oats; mix well. Add oats and raisins and mix by hand.

Let dough cool in refrigerator about 30 minutes. Preheat oven to 375º.

After dough has chilled, make cookies by dropping dough by rounded tablespoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets.

Bake cookies 8-9 minutes. Cool on cookie sheets for one minute, then move to a wire rack to finish cooling.

Notes: To make these for even less, buy the oats, brown sugar, sugar, vanilla, raisins, and spices in bulk. The best prices I've found locally for most of these items (plus the butter) is Sam's Club, except for the oats. The oats I have ordered in bulk from Walton Feed, but you can get them from several other sources (including Azure Standard) as well. The last several years, I have bought them at my local LDS cannery.

Flourish 7

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