Clementine's Oatmeal Cookies

It seems that everyone has their own favorite oatmeal cookie recipe and this is mine. I pulled this off the back of a chocolate chip bag years ago. It called for chocolate chips, but I used raisins instead and tweaked the flour to oat ratio a little.

• Ready In: 25 mins
• Yields: 36 cookies

Ingredients

• 1 1⁄4 cups butter, softened
• 3⁄4 cup  packed brown sugar
• 1⁄2 cup sugar
• 1  large egg
• 1  teaspoon vanilla
• 2  cups unsifted flour
• 1  teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1  teaspoon cinnamon
• 1⁄8 teaspoon nutmeg
• 2 1⁄2 cups rolled oats
• 2  cups raisins or 2  cups chocolate chips

Directions

1. Cream butter with sugars. Beat in egg and vanilla.
2. Sift flour with baking soda, salt and spices; add to butter mixture.
3. Stir in oats and raisins or chocolate chips.
4. Bake at 375° for 8-10 minutes for chewy and 10-11 for crispy.