Chewy Oatmeal cookies

By greeneyes718

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup butter flavored crisco
• 1 1/4 cups firmly packed brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 1/3 cup milk
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
• 3 cups quaker quick oats(not instant or old fashioned)
• 1 cup all purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 cup raisins
• 1 cup coarsely chopped walnuts

Details

Servings 3

Preparation

Step 1

Heat oven to 375

-Grease baking sheet with butter flavor crisco
-combine butter flavor crisco,1 teaspoon brown sugar,egg milk and vanilla in large bowl
-Beat at medium speed of electric mixer until well blended
-Combine oats,flour,baking soda,salt and cinnamon
-mix into creamed mixture at low speed just until blended
-Stir in raisins and nuts
-Drop rounded tablespoonfuls of dough 2 inches apart onto baking sheet
-Bake for 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned
-Cool 2 minutes on baking sheet

Oatmeal cookie variations:

Half dipped cookies:
-Omit raisins and nuts
-Bake and cool
-Microwave 1 cup duncan hines dutch fudge frosting for 20-25 seconds,until thin and smooth
-Dip top half of cookie in frosting
-Lay on wax paper until set

Favorite chip cookies:
-Omit raisins and nuts-Add 1 cup chips to batter

Maple walnut cookies:
-Omit raisins
-Add 1 1/2 teaspoon maple flavoring dough
-Bake and cool
-Frost top of cooled cookie with mixture of 1 container duncan hines vanilla layer cake frosting and 1 teaspoon maple flavoring
-Garnish with walnut half