Quaker Oats Vanishing Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

I had forgotten how much I love these old standby oatmeal cookies!! My friend, Kathy Bacino, brought them to the annual 4th of July picnic and they literally flew "out of the window". Kids and grownups alike were eating them 2 at a time!! She sent this to me so we could share it with you, if it isn't in your cookie repertoire, it should be soon.

1. 2 sticks (1 cup) butter, softened Can use some margarine or shortening, too)
2. 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
3. 1/2 cup granulated sugar
4. 2 Eggs
5. 1 teaspoon Mexican vanilla
6. 1 1/2 cups unbleached flour,INCREASE flour to 1 3/4 cups at high altitude(I prefer King Arthur or Pillsbury)
7. 1 teaspoon baking soda
8. 1 teaspoon cinnamon
9. 1/2 teaspoon salt
10. 3 cups Quaker Oats (quick or old fashioned, uncooked)
11. 1 cup raisins

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Beat together butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar, until creamy. Add eggs and vanilla, beat well. Whisk together in a separate bowl, the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt; mix well. Add to creamed mixture, and mix well. Stir in oats and raisins. Drop by rounded tablespoons onto UNGREASED cookie sheets. Bake for 10-12 minutes, until golden brown. Cool one minute on cookie sheet, remove to wire rack to finish cooling. Graba big glass of milk and Enjoy!! Makes about 4 dozen.

Oatmeal Cookies "the Best"

The only thing I really like raisins in are these cookies from the original "Colorado Cache" cookbook. the difference is you soak the raisins before putting them in the cookie, making them plump and delicious A great cookie for a cold winter's day. DELICIOUS!

1. 3 eggs, well beaten


2. 1 cup raisins


3. 1 teaspoon vanilla extract


4. 1 cup butter ( I use butter flavor Crisco at high altitude because butter runs too much. Could try half butter and half Crisco too).


5. 1 cup brown sugar (I use light brown)


6. 1 cup white sugar


7. 2 1/2 cups flour


8. 1 teaspoon salt


9. 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon


10. 2 teaspoons baking soda


11. 1 1/2 cups oatmeal


12. 1/2 cup toasted wheat germ


13. 3/4 cup toasted chopped pecans


14. 1 teaspoon water or so

Combine eggs, raisins, and vanilla and let stand for one hour, covered with plastic wrap. Cream together butter or shortening and sugars until well blended. Add flour. salt, cinnamon and soda to sugar mixture. Mix well. Blend in egg-raisin mixture, oatmeal, wheat germ, and chopped nuts. Add a teaspoon of water so dough is not so dry to work with, I found it needed that. Dough will be stiff. Drop by heaping teaspoons onto UNGREASED cookie sheets and flatten slightly with fork. Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned.