During the holiday season’ I love to bake cookies to send to my brother or to the people at my mother’s work.  This year my daughter did not want to help at all.  She wanted to draw all the pokémon she could draw.  My dad loves oatmeal raisin cookies but this year I wanted to see if my kids would like them as much as he does.  So, I wanted to put some chocolate chips into the batter to see if they would like them.  I made some peanut butter and oatmeal balls one time and they loved them so I thought they would like these too.

Ingredients

¾ cup butter, softened

¾ cup granulated sugar

¾ cup firmly packed dark brown sugar

2 large eggs

1 ½ teaspoon vanilla extract

2 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 cup uncooked quick-cooking oats

¾ teaspoon salt

1 (12-oz) package semisweet chocolate morsels

1 cup raisins

 

Direction

Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. Beat butter and sugars at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Add eggs and vanilla, beating until blended.

Combine flour, baking soda, oats, and salt in a small bowl; gradually add to butter mixture, beating well. Stir in morsels and raisins. Drop tablespoonful onto lightly greased baking sheets.

Bake for 8 to 14 minutes or until golden desire darkness.  Remove from baking sheet and let them cool completely.

These are kids approved.