George's Favorite Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

Source: Gail Dubovsky

Yield: Five dozen 2 ½ inch cookies

Rating: 3/5 - basic

Ingredients

• 1 cup margarine, softened
• 1 ¼ cup packed brown sugar
• ½ granulated sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 Tbsp. milk
• 2 tsp. vanilla
• 1 ¾ cup flour
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• ½ tsp. salt (optional)
• 2 ½ cup rolled oats (quick or old fashioned, uncooked)

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 °F.
2. Beat together margarine and sugars until creamy.
3. Add eggs and vanilla; beat well.
4. In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking soda, and salt. Add this into the margarine mixture and mix well.
5. Stir in oats; mix well.
6. Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets.
7. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until golden brown. Cook up to 13 minutes for a very crisp cookie.
8. Cool on a cookie sheet and remove to a wire rack.

Notes

• You can add 1 tsp. cinnamon and ¼ tsp. nutmeg to the flour mixture.
• You can add 1 cup raisins when you add the oats.