My mother-in-law makes amazing oatmeal cookies and serves them up warm at breakfast time. This is a recipe she had made for her boys when they were little. I love it because there’s not a lot of flour in them, they are mostly oats.
Mother-In-Law’s Oatmeal Cookies
3/4 butter, softened
1 egg
1 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup flour
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
3 cups oats
1 cup raisins
- preheat oven 350 degrees
- in a small pot boil 1 1/2 cups water, when it comes to a boil turn off the burner and dump in the raisins, let the raisins soak in hot water
- in a bowl mix flour, salt, baking soda and cinnamon and set to the side
- beat egg, butter, sugars until combined
- mix in flour mixture
- add oats and mix by hand
- drain raisins and add to cookie dough, mixing by hand
- drop spoonfuls of dough onto greased cookie sheets
- bake for approximately 12 minutes
- cool on racks
Walnuts or chocolate chips also make good additions to this recipe.
Mother-In-Law's Oatmeal Cookies
