Pro-m"oat"

Forrest went to the New Orleans Saints vs. Philadelphia Eagles game last weekend in Philly. He was staying with his Aunt who had secured him the tickets. I wanted to do a little something to show my appreciation for her NFL kindness, so I decided to bake some oatmeal raisin cookies to send to her. I read a couple of recipes that I had found on the Internet and wasn't enamored by any of them. Then I decided that the best oatmeal raisin cookie recipe would probably be found on the box of the key ingredient. I grabbed my container of oats and scanned the packaging for the winning recipe and found nothing. Then just before I was about to head back to the computer and start my search again I decided to pop the top of the Old Fashioned Oats. There, under the lid was the extremely easy and proven recipe I had been searching for!

Vanishing Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
Quaker Oatmeal Recipe

Ingredients

• 1/2 pound (2 sticks) butter, softened
• 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon salt (optional)
• 3 cups Quaker Oats (quick or old fashioned, uncooked)
• 1 cup raisins

Directions

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees.

2. Beat together butter and sugars until creamy.

3. Add eggs and vanilla to the butter mixture, beat well.

4. Add combined flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt; mix well.

5. Stir in oats and raisins; mix well.

6. Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheet.

7. Bake 10-12 minutes or until golden brown.

8. Cool 1 minute on cookie sheet; then remove to wire rack.