Coloring Outside The Lines - A Mom's Perspective On Challenging Kids To Think With Humor: oatmeal cookies

This is the easiest from scratch cookie I make. It's sweet but not too sweet and I am convinced the oatmeal makes it healthy somehow. The cookies you can thank me and Mr. Quaker for...the personal health delusions are yours to own.

Preheat your oven to 350 (325 for dark pans) I highly recommend using Pam on your cookie sheet even though it calls for an ungreased cookie sheet.

Here are all your ingredients. You can chose whether or not to have your eggs looking at you like a pair of creepy egg optics.

1/2 pound (2 sticks) margarine or butter, softened.
1 cup of firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 cup of granulated sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
1-1/2 cup of all purpose flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. cinnamon (I omit this)
1/2 tsp salt (optional)
3 cups of Quaker Oats (quick or old fashioned, uncooked)
1 cup of raisins (dried cherries, cranberries, chocolate chips, etc.)

First thing you do is beat together your butter and your sugars

Until it is this consistency, creamy.

Add your eggs and vanilla

I suggest using a real teaspoon if you can find one. The Scribblers have run off with all but my 1/4th tsp. *sigh*

Beat these items well. Once again have proper equipment...use a mixer with two whisks...unlike my broken hoopty model.

Add combined flour, baking soda, cinnamon (if you prefer) and salt. Mix well.

Next add in your oatmeal and raisins (or whatever you prefer, personally I leave out the raisins as I can't handle the visual dead bug quality they have)