2011 New Recipe #2

Oatmeal Raisin Cookies I

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Ingredients

• 3/4 cup butter, softened
• 3/4 cup white sugar
• 3/4 cup packed light brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 3/4 cups rolled oats
• 1 cup raisins

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
2. In large bowl, cream together butter, white sugar, and brown sugar until smooth. Beat in the eggs and vanilla until fluffy. Stir together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt. Gradually beat into butter mixture. Stir in oats and raisins. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets.
3. Bake 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until golden brown. Cool slightly, remove from sheet to wire rack. Cool completely.

Brother Owen is one of my favorite people in the ward. We (Wendy, Naco, Karen, and I) sat and visited with him at Mary's wedding reception on Friday night and realized that we recently missed his birthday. Being the oh-so-kind, cookie-making girls that we are, we found out what his favorite cookies were and told him we'd make them for him. I found this recipe on Sunday and made them. Karen, Wendy, & I delivered them with a card and a happy birthday song that evening. We got to visit with Brother & Sister Owen for awhile in their home. Love them.

The recipe was easy, the cookies were great. Soft, yummy. Oatmeal raisin cookies aren't my favorite cookies and I will probably try a different recipe if I make them again but they were good. I used my Silpat for the first time and it was great! I used it with a regular baking sheet because that's all I have but I want to get a perforated baking sheet because it works better. I used to have to put foil on the cookie sheet and that's a pain. The Silpat worked like a breeze! Btw that's not my photo, guess I forgot to take one.

Wow, is this really only the 2nd recipe I've tried this year? Yikes! Good think I set the goal at 30 recipes instead of 52 (that was the original idea). I kind of made a new recipe a few weeks ago for Dip Day at my office but I had helped make it last Easter so I didn't count it. It's really good, though, so I'll include it here. It's a recipe from Wendy and I don't really know what it's called.

Cucumber Dip

cottage cheese
cucumbers
green onions
mayonnaise
salt & pepper

I used a large tub of cottage cheese, 4 English cucumbers (they are small), 6 or 7 green onions, a few tablespoons of mayonnaise, and who knows how much salt & pepper. It's a really good, light dip. Serve it with Wavy Lays potato chips (I'm not a greasy potato chip kind of gal but these are definitely the best with the dip).