OATMEAL COOKIE RECIPE

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 cup (2 sticks of butter)
• 2 cups of granulated sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1/3 of a cup Molasses
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
• 3 1./2 cups oatmeal
• 1 package Butterscotch chips
• 1 big mixing bowl
• Electric mixer
• At least 1 cookie sheet
• Baking mittens
• Spatula
• Cooling racks or plates

INSTRUCTIONS:

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit

Mix the butter (softened to room temperature) with an electric mixer in a big mixing bowl.

Add the sugar slowly (1/2 cup at a time) and beat the mixer with the electric mixer on a medium speed until thoroughly mixed together

Add the eggs, vanilla and molasses and continue mixing at a medium speed

Add the baking powder and baking soda and spices and continue mixing

Add the flour slowly (about a 1/2 a cup at a time) and thoroughly mix each time before adding each additional 1/2 cup. Start at a low speed while adding the flour and the work your way up to a medium speed on the mixer.

When the flour is thoroughly mixed together, add the oatmeal slowly (add the oatmeal 1/2 a cup at a time and mix at a medium speed

When the oatmeal is thoroughly mixed, add the Butterscotch chips.  Mix at a low speed so the mixer doesn't break apart the chips

Form the cookie dough into balls the size of ping pong balls and place at least 3 inches apart from each other on the cookie sheet
Bake in the oven at 375 degrees Fahrenheit for 10=12 minutes, or until cooked throughout

Remember to wear baking mittens on you hands when removing the hot cookie sheets from the oven

Remove cookies from the cookie sheet with a spatula and place on a cooling rack or a plate (do not stack the cookies on top of each other)