Recipes
Grandma's Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
From: Batsheva Lipshitz
3/4 Cup all purpose flour or whole wheat
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 cup butter or margarine (1 stick) softened or apple sauce
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
1 large egg
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups old fashioned or quick cooking oats, uncooked
3/4 cup dark seedless raisins or chopped prunes
1. Preheat oven to 350F. In small bowl combine flour, baking soda and salt
2. In large bowl, with mixer at medium speed, beat butter, granulated sugar and brown sugars until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla until blended, With wooden spoon stir in oats and raisins.
3. Drop dough by heaping tablespoonfuls 2 inches apart, on two ungreased large cookie sheets. Bake until golden about 15 minutes. Rotating cookie sheets between upper and lower oven racks halfway through baking. With wide metal spatula transfer cookies to wire racks to cool completely. Cookies dont spread so can be placed closer together and flatten out.
4. Repeat with remaining dough.