Sunday, December 14, 2008

Kathy's Vanishing Oatmeal-Raisin-Walnut Cookies*


Makes about 4 dozen

Ingredients:

1 cup (2 sticks) margarine or butter, softened
1 ½ cups all purpose flour
1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1 tsp. baking soda
½ cup granulated sugar
1 tsp. cinnamon
2 eggs
½ tsp. salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 cups Quaker Oats (quick or old fashioned)
1 cup of raisins (softened)
1 cup chopped walnuts,etc

Directions:

Heat oven to 350 degrees F.

Beat together butter & sugars until creamy.

Add eggs & vanilla; beat well

Add combined flour, baking soda, cinnamon & salt; mix well. (For High Altitude, increase flour to 1 ¾ cups)

Stir in oats and raisins (prepare raisins by adding a little boiling water to them to soften, then drain the water before adding to mixture).

Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheet.

Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until golden brown.

Cool 1 minute on cookie sheet; remove to wire rack.

Bar cookies: Bake 30 to 35 minutes in ungreased 13 x 9 inch metal baking pan.

*Copied & embellished from the Quaker Oats Company @2005 box recipe. Kathleen Revak

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