Cookies: Raisin Pecan Oatmeal

By fsilver4

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups pecans
• 2 sticks butter, room temp
• 1 cup dark brown sugar, lightly packed
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 extra large eggs, room temp
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 3 cups old fashioned oats
• 1 1/2 cups golden raisins

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350*

Place the pecans on a sheet pan and bake 5 minutes, until crisp. Chop very coarsely.

Cream butter, brown sugar, sugar together on medium high until light and fluffy. With mixer on low, add eggs, one at a time, and the vanilla.

Sift the flour, baking powder, cinnamon into a med. bowl. Add the dry ingredients to the butter mixture. Add the oats, raisins and pecans and mix just until combined.

Drop 2" mounds on sheet pans. flatten slightly with a damp hand. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes.