Oatmeal Cookie Kings
"The first time I made these awesome oatmeal cookies was May of 1982 and I've been making them regularly ever since. Credit goes to Donna Riesenberg of West Allis, Wisconsin. Her remarks state that this was her Grandmother's favorite recipe and claimed it won her grandfather."
- Ready In:
- 25mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Yields:
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72 cookies
- Serves:
- 36
ingredients
- 1 1⁄2 cups sifted flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 cup butter (I use margarine)
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
- 2 eggs, well beaten
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 3 cups quick oatmeal
- nuts, of quantity and choice (I use 1/2 c. walnuts chopped finely)
directions
- Sift first 3 ingredients together.
- Cream butter and sugars;
- add eggs and vanilla.
- Add flour mixture, oatmeal and nuts; mix well.
- Drop from teaspoon 2 inches apart onto greased cookie sheet.
- Bake at 375 degrees for 10-12 minutes.
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Reviews
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Thank you so much for posting this! I was so sad I’d lost this recipe I’ve been making for decades. On a whim I googled and credit description let me know this was it! Awesome cookies. May have won me my hubby!
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I have been making this recipe since the late 60s or early 70s from one of my mom's cookbook, and I remember reading about how it won the author's grandfather. It has been a favourite of my own family and children's friends.
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The cookies I made were pretty darn good, but honestly, I made the best cookie DOUGH I've ever tasted from this recipe. I left out the nuts and added a half a cup of peanut butter and a cup of chocolate chips. It's a huge batch, so I baked a couple dozen and froze the rest of the dough... I'm not sure if it will ever make it to the oven though! The cookies were also amazing. Just the right amount of sweet with a great texture. Awesome!
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Happy Hippie
Spring Valley, California
I live in beautiful San Diego where there's never nothin to do. We almost never have days where you can't get outdoors. For fun I love to read, cook, take road trips with my grandson, whom I raise. Take long walks along the beach, bays and lakes. My live in grandson is 12 and the light of my life. I've been teaching him to fish, or should I say I'm exposing him to lake fishing, the people we meet along the way are teaching him while I read and watch. He's dying to go ocean fishing, that one makes me a bit more nervous, but we'll start that soon, probably from piers to start. Nick's only one of my grandchildren though, I have a total of 13, three live in Kansas, the land of Oz. The last time I visited them, it was Christmas time and when I stepped off the plane, the cold air took my breath away and standing there waiting for me in a short-sleeved T-shirt, was my son-in-law. Needless, to say, I spent many days there staying indoors praying for the day I could get back to sunny California -- I never had to endure snow the whole time, thank God! Twenty degrees daily was way out of my comfort zone by a very large margin. There truly is no place like home. I have 8 other grandchildren that are fortunate enought to live in San Diego too. We spend weekends doing things together such as taking in the zoo, wild animal park, Sea World, Knotts Soak City water park (summer), museums, fishing, picknicking and just hanging out. They all love to help grandma cook in the kitchen. I have many cookbooks and can read them like I'd read a novel. My passions are my family, my two boston terriers, Tuffy and Oreo, and gardening, cooking and reading -- oh yeah, I'm totally addicted to Zaar. I don't really have many pet peeves, but a biggie is mean, obnoxious people and those who think they know it all, and liars, I can pick out a deceitful person it an instant. If you can't trust someone, then nothings worth salvaging in the relationship. I hate those who disrespect the environment (no I'm not a tree hugger) but I do hate to see people litter and fail to do simple things such as picking up after themselves in the outdoors such as parks and beaches, and how easy is it to recycle? It's really not too difficult to make an impact on the environment if everybody takes responsibility for their "trash."
