Oatmeal Cookies

Today I'm Making... Oatmeal Cookies

Uncle David came over to help out with the kids today. Ryan LOVES Uncle David and I thought it would be a fun activity for them to make cookies. I wanted to pick a recipe that I had all the ingredients for but was also something my brother would eat (he doesn't like chocolate chip... yeah I don't know what the issue is, it makes me question our genetic link). So I decided on a simple oatmeal cookie, warning: it's recommended you let the batter sit in the fridge for an hour before cooking.. so if you are in a hurry this might not be the recipe for you (I only put them in the fridge for about 15 minutes and they tasted just fine to me) here's how we did it:

Recipe:

1. In a bowl Mix: 2 sticks of softened butter (which is equal to one cup- I know it's a lot but at least it makes a lot of cookies) with 1 cup white sugar with 1 cup of brown sugar. Stir in 2 beaten eggs and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract.
2. In another bowl mix 2 cups all-purpose flour, 1 teaspoon baking soda, 1 teaspoon salt and 1.5 teaspoons of cinnamon.
3. Mix both bowls together and add 3 cups quick cook oatmeal (I used 5 minute steel cut because that's what I had, they didn't end up looking like the oatmeal cookies I'm used to but they were still good). Put the batter in the fridge for an hour.
4. Bake at 375 for 11 minutes- you can do as little as 9 minutes but I like mine a little more well done.

Review: These are good, I will probably make them again, though if Uncle David isn't here I will likely add chocolate chips. They taste just like cinnamon raisin cookies minus the raisins. I ended up liking them more after they had cooled completely as opposed to the one I had warm- maybe it was a texture thing. These cookies would make excellent ice cream sandwiches, just put a scoop of vanilla ice cream in between two of them!