Oatmeal-Carrot Cookies

From Gooseberry Patch Old-Fashioned Country Cookies.

• Ready In: 45 mins
• Yields: 3 dozen

Ingredients

• 1  cup flour
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 1⁄2 cups  uncooked quick-cooking oats or 1 1⁄2 cups old fashioned oats
• 1  teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 2  eggs, beaten
• 1⁄2 cup  packed brown sugar
• 1⁄3 cup canola oil
• 1⁄2 cup nonfat milk or 1⁄2 cup low-fat milk
• 1  teaspoon vanilla
• 1  cup raisins
• 1  cup  grated carrot
• 1  cup  chopped  nuts

Directions

1. Sift together into a bowl, the flour, baking soda, and cinnamon.
2. Stir in oats.
3. In another bowl, mix together the eggs, brown sugar, milk, vanilla, raisins, carrots, and oil; add to flour mixture; mix to combine.
4. Fold in nuts.
5. Drop batter by teaspoonsful onto a lightly greased cookie sheet.
6. Bake in a 375° oven for 12-15 minutes, depending on texture desired (shorter baking time results in a chewy, soft cookie; longer baking time results in a crisper cookie).