Best Oatmeal Cookies
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From: healy@bbn.com (Kathleen M. Healy)
1-1/4 cups margarine 1 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar 1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup granulated sugar 2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 egg 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1 teaspoon vanilla 3 cups uncooked oats (quick or
1-1/2 cups all purpose flour old-fashioned)
1 cup raisins (variations include 1 cup cranberries or 1 cup choc chips)
Heat oven to 375F. Beat together margarine and sugars until light and
fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla. Combine flour, baking soda, salt and
spices; add to margarine mixture, mixing well. Stir in oats. Stir in
raisins. Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 8
to 9 minutes for a chewy cookie, 10 to 11 minutes for a crisp cookie. Cool 1
minute on cookie sheet; remove to wire cooling rack. Store in tightly
covered container.
Makes 4-1/2 dozen.