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| You can't even tell which has raisins and which has chocolate chips, it's a surprise! |
This past Shabbat was my last in the old apartment. I am currently writing this post in the beautiful, airy, sunshiney kitchen of my new apartment! Yay! Seeing as I was in the middle of moving, finishing up at my old job, starting my new job, and just all around busy, I decided to make something easy for dessert, and what's easier than cookies? I love making cookies, and for me they tend to be fail proof. These oatmeal cookies are chewy on the inside and just the right amount of crispy on the outside. Twice I've been asked for the recipe, which I can't take any credit for, just something I happened to find on Allrecipes.com.
The recipe calls for only raisins, but due to popular demand I always make half with raisins and half with chocolate chips. Any add-ins would do just fine. Also, I didn't have light brown sugar so I used dark brown and they came out just fine.
P.S. When I realized that I needed to make an extra dessert for a friend's Sheva Brachot this week I made these again. I'll post soon about the cake I made for them as well.
Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
adapted from Allrecipes
3/4 butter, softened (I always use margarine, as generally things need to be pareve)
3/4 cup white sugar
3/4 cup packed light brown sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/4 cups AP flour
1 tsp baking soda
3/4 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp salt
2 3/4 cups rolled oats
1 cup raisins (I divided the dough and added about 3/4 each of raisins and chocolate chips to each batch)
Preheat oven to 190C.
Cream together the butter and both sugars until smooth. Beat in the eggs and vanilla until fluffy. In a separate bowl stir together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt. Gradually beat the dry mixture into the butter mixture.Stir in the oats and add-ins of your choice.
Drop by teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets.
Bake 8-10 minutes, or until golden brown. I found that 8 minutes worked the best for my oven.
Cool slightly, remove from sheet to wire rack.
Cool completely and enjoy!
