Oatmeal Cookies

Oatmeal Cookies

From Colorado Cache Cookbook, Junior League of Denver, 1984

3 eggs, well beaten

1 cup of raisins                                                 

1 teaspoon vanilla extract                           Combine eggs, raisins and vanilla, cover with plastic wrap and let sit for an hour.

1 cup butter

1 cup brown sugar                                          

1 cup white sugar

Cream together butter and sugars.

2 ½ cups flour

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon                    

2 teaspoons baking soda

Add these ingredients and mix well. Blend in egg-raisin mixture.              

2 cups oatmeal                                                 

¾ cup chopped pecans

Blend in with spatula, dough will be stiff.

Dough will be stiff. Drop by heaping teaspoons into an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 180 C or 350 F for 10 – 12 minutes until lightly browned.