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I love, love, love homemade cookies with my boys! My main problem with cookie recipes is that they usually yield 4-6 dozen. Sure, you can half the recipe, but an even better idea is to make the full amount and freeze half of the dough for baking another day! To get started you’ll need:
1 cup butter – softened
1 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup white sugar
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1 tsp cinnamon
2 eggs
1 tbsp vanilla
3 cups oats
1 1/2 cups raisins
First, preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Next, start by creaming together the butter and sugars.
After they have been mixed together well, add the vanilla and eggs.
Once they have been thoroughly blended, it is time to add the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg!
Your dough should be sticky and moist. Next, add the oats to the dough.
After they have been mixed through, add the final ingredient…raisins!
Spray a cookie sheet and scoop out spoonfuls of the dough for baking.
Bake the first batch of cookies for 10-12 minutes or until a nice toasty brown color. While the cookies are baking, gather up 1/2 of the remaining dough and form into a long cylinder. Wrap the cylinder first in plastic wrap and then in aluminum foil. This will go into the freezer for baking on another day! All you will have to do is pull it out of the freezer, slice off pieces with a sharp knife and bake!
Pull the done cookies out of the oven and transfer to a cooling rack.
Once cooled, enjoy the fresh baked cookies with a glass of milk!
- 1 cup butter – softened
- 1 cup brown sugar
- ¾ cup white sugar
- 1½ cups all purpose flour
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp nutmeg
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 2 eggs
- 1 tbsp vanilla
- 3 cups oats
- 1½ cups raisins
- First, preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Next, start by creaming together the butter and sugars.
- After they have been mixed together well, add the vanilla and eggs.
- Once they have been thoroughly blended, it is time to add the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg!
- Your dough should be sticky and moist. Next, add the oats to the dough.
- After they have been mixed through, add the final ingredient…raisins!
- Spray a cookie sheet and scoop out spoonfuls of the dough for baking.
- Bake the first batch of cookies for 10-12 minutes or until a nice toasty brown color. While the cookies are baking, gather up ½ of the remaining dough and form into a long cylinder. Wrap the cylinder first in plastic wrap and then in aluminum foil. This will go into the freezer for baking on another day! All you will have to do is pull it out of the freezer, slice off pieces with a sharp knife and bake!
- Pull the done cookies out of the oven and transfer to a cooling rack.
- Once cooled, enjoy the fresh baked cookies with a glass of milk!
About the Author:
Heather is a single mom of two active little boys who LOVE to eat! She loves to cook and create yummy, healthy dishes for them using as many fresh fruits, vegetables and meats as possible. She loves to share her simple, quick recipes with others who have busy schedules!