Oatmeal Cookies

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Get cookie sheets ready BUT DO NOT GREASE THEM! Soften butter
Then beat together:

• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1 1/4 cups of light brown sugar
• 2 sticks of very soft real butter ( I use to use butter flavored Crisco but it is so awfully bad for one’s system that I have gone back to butter. But Crisco makes wonderful cookies.)

Secret: Beat these ingredients for a long time until very, very fluffy and creamy.

Then add:

• 2 eggs (3 if they are small)
• 2 tsp. of vanilla (I have also used maple extract when out of vanilla)

Continue beating until well mixed.

While beating mix these together in a separate bowl:

• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour (I like King Arthur’s)
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1 tsp. cinnamon +++
• 1/2 tsp. nutmeg
• 1/2 tsp. salt

Add the dry mixture to the cream mixture and mix well.

Add:

• 3 cups of uncooked old fashioned Quaker Oats and mix

Add: (You’ll probably have to fold these in by hand)

• 1 BIG CUP of raisins +++ ( I like raisins)
• 2 cups of walnut pieces