Recipe - Chewy Oatmeal Chip Cookies

1 Stick soft unsalted butter
Three fourths cup Light brown sugar
1 Egg
1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
Three fourths cup All purpose flour
One half teaspoon Baking soda
One half teaspoon Ground cinnamon
One fourth teaspoon Salt
1 One half cup Rolled oats (regular
oatmeal)
1 cup Chocolate chips
1 cup Dark raisins (optional)

Two cookie sheets or jelly roll pans lined with parchment or foil.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and set the racks in the upper and lower
thirds.

Beat butter and sugar until mixed, then beat in egg and vanilla until
smooth. Stir in flour, soda, cinnamon and salt. Stir in oatmeal, chips and
optional raisins. Drop by tablespoon on paperlined cookie sheets. Bake
about 10 minutes, until golden and still moist. Cool on pans and store in
airtight container.

Yield: 2 dozen large cookies

Recipe by: Cooking Live Show #CL8963

Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1 #801 by "Angele and Jon Freeman"
jfreeman@netusa1.net on Sep 24, 1997