so i know it's been...oh... forever since i remembered that i have a blog. I blame the quarter life crisis for that one. or the play i was in. or visitors. (i think mostly my own laziness is at fault).
Anyway - we had a special dinner at church last night, and i said that I would make a dessert, but someone else was bringing brownies, so i was momentarily at a loss for what to make. and then I remembered these really delicious oatmeal raisin cookies that i had the other day - that had cinnamon in them. but, we all know it's not dessert if it doesn't have chocolate. So, after some digging around in the baking cabinet for ingredients, I came up with these cookies, which Tyler aptly labeled "Clean out the pantry cookies".
"Clean out the Pantry Cookies"
(based off the recipe for Oatmeal Raisin cookies from the Shoprite Oatmeal container)
Cream together:
1 cup butter (softened)
1 cup white sugar
1 cup brown sugar, packed
Add:
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
Mix in:
1 1/2 c flour
1 tsp Salt
1 tsp baking soda
1 heaping tsp cinnamon
Mix in:
3 cups oatmeal (not the quick kind, unless you bought that by mistake and are trying to use it up)
1 heaping cup Chocolate Chips (or more, whatever)
1/2 cup chopped almonds
1/2 cup coconut (sweetened or unsweeted- your choice) (opt)
1/2 cup raisins (opt)
Preheat oven to 350, bake 10-15 minutes, until done. They'll be soft when you take them out, but will harden on taking them out.
