Favorite Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

Total Time: 54 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 34 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup butter, room temperature
• 3/4 cup brown sugar (packed)
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla (or slightly more, to taste)
• 3 1/2 cups old-fashioned oatmeal
• 2 cups raisins (soaked in hot water flavored with vanilla, then drained)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 combine group 1 ingredients in a small bowl and set aside.
• 3 cream group 2 ingredients with a hand mixer, first butter and sugar, then add eggs and vanilla until just mixed and starting to fluff.
• 4 add group 1 ingredients to group 2 and mix until just blended. do not overmix.
• 5 add the oats, and then the raisins. you will have to stir these in by hand unless you have a very powerful mixer.
• 6 using a 2 tablespoon cookie scoop or a large spoon, drop balls of dough onto a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper.
• 7 bake 12-14 minutes until light brown on top.
• 8 cool on a baking rack.