Oatmeal Cookies

There aren't any back to schoolers here anymore

or "yet"

but this crispy cooler weather and last long

weekend of the summer has me thinking about 

school lunches and cookies!

Here is one of my favourite recipes for Oatmeal Cookies.

Makes approx. 2 dozen

1/2 Cup butter - softened

1/2 Cup sugar

1/2 Cup brown sugar - packed

1 tsp. vanilla extract

1 large egg

1 Cup Flour - scant cup (not quite full)

1/2 tsp. cinnamon

1/4 tsp. nutmeg

1/4 tsp. salt

1/2 tsp. baking soda

1 1/2 Cups large flake oatmeal

2/3 Cup raisins

1/2 Cup chopped nuts (pecans, cashews, macadamias, slivered almonds or walnuts) - optional

Cream the butter and sugars well. Add the egg and vanilla and 

beat till fluffy.

Whisk together the flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt and baking soda.

Fold this into the creamed butter sugar mixture adding the oatmeal, raisins, and

nuts at the end.

Roll into 1 inch balls and chill for at least 1 hour.

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees and bake the cookies for 9-11 minutes on parchment lined

cookie sheets.

Watch closely to not over bake! They are chewy and delicious when slightly under baked.

TIP: Something I learned on the Mennonite Girls Can Cook blog

is to give the cookie tray a bang on a heat resistant surface when removing from oven to flatten the cookies. This helps to make them chewy!!

Here's to a new school year, new beginnings and September 2017!

Till next time ...... Let there be cookies!!!