Recipe - Homemade Slice And Bake Oatmeal Cookies

2 cup Butter or margarine
2 cup Granulated sugar
2 cup Packed brown sugar
4 Eggs
2 teaspoon Vanilla extract
4 cup Unbleached flour
5 cup Rolled oats
1 teaspoon Salt
2 teaspoon Baking soda
2 teaspoon Baking powder
Three fourths cup Chopped nuts
1 cup Raisins or up to 2 c

Cut four 14" x 12" pieces of waxed paper or plastic wrap. Set aside.

In a large bowl, cream butter or margarine with the granulated and brown
sugars until smooth. Beat in vanilla extract and eggs until light and
fluffy. In a medium bowl, combine flour, oats, salt and baking soda and
baking powder. Stir flour mixture int

Divide the dough into 4 pieces. Shape each piece into an 8" 10" roll.
Wrap rolls in waxed paper. Place the rolls in a rectangular freezer
container with a tight fitting lid, or into a large freezer ziplock bag,
or wrap well in a piece of heavy duty

To prepare cookies: Slightly thaw one roll of oatmeal cookie dough.
Preheat oven to 350ø. Cut the dough into 1/4" thick slices. Arrange cut
pieces on lightly greased cookie sheets, placing about 1" apart. Bake for
about 1012 minutes, or until the c

Makes 4 rolls of cookie dough, or enough for about 12 dozen cookies.

Posted to EATL Digest 19 Jun 96

Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 17:41:37 0600

From: Ilene Warfield ilenewar@STARNETINC.COM

Recipe By : _MakeAMix_ by Eliason, Harward & Westover