OATMEAL COOKIES
1 1/4 cups butter app. 225 gms
3/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 1/2 cups. maida flour
1/4 tsp. nutmeg-jaiphal
1 egg
2-4 drops of vanilla essence ( or 1 vanilla nut split in half)
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt (opt.)
1 tsp. cinnamon
3 cups oatmeal (uncooked)
1 cups walnuts & raisins
Beat together butter and sugars until light
and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla. Combine
flour, baking soda and spices, add to butter
mixture, mixing well. Stir in oats and
walnuts/raisins.
Chill dough in refrigerator for 1 hour. Heat
oven to 375 degrees. Drop by rounded
tablespoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheet.
Bake 8 to 9 minutes for chewy cookies, 10 to
11 minutes for a crisper cookie. Cool 1 minute
on cookie sheet, remove to wire cooling rack.
chewy cookies, cookies will still look "wet"
on top when removed from the oven.
