>When you bake cookies, you are not just baking sweets, you are building memories, you are sharing the goodness in the every day ritual of our lives.
I learned this recipe when I was around sixteen yo. and was visiting with my dear friend Sandy in Dallas; She taught me how to make these delicious, old fashioned oatmeal cookies and since then they have been a favorite treat in our family.
I thought you might enjoy the smell, the taste, the goodness, so here is the recipe for you to try in a cold afternoon, with a good cup of coffee.
3 cups oatmeal
Call your little ones and have them follow the instructions:
1. Mix all the blue ingredients in a large bowl, until you have a creamy, nice and smooth batter.
2. Sift together all the pink ingredients.
3. Put together the blue batter with the pink dry ingredients. Add the oatmeal and mix them all with a wooden spoon. It will be hard to do it!
4. If you wish you can add 1 cup of chocolate chips, walnuts, pecans, raisins, dried cranberries, or white chocolate in little pieces.
5. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto greased cookie sheet.
6. Bake for about 8-10 min. at 350ºF (200ºC)
The Secret for Success:
DO NOT LEAVE THE KITCHEN, LEST YOU FORGET ABOUT YOUR COOKIES!
Yes, the secret is to take them out of the oven when they are still “bubbling” but cooked already. DO NOT OVER BAKE because if you do so, they won’t be soft and chewy, but hard.
Happy baking!
Daily On My Way to Heaven 
>Trisha isn't it fun to bake and have someone else to help you eat the "carbs"?Hollie, tell me how they turned out! and remember…DO NOT LEAVE THE KITCHEN UNATTENDED :)Christina, well coming from you, a great baker, I should try that recipe soon 🙂
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>Thanks for this Becky! My favorite Oatmeal Cookie recipe is — are you ready? Don't laugh? The one on the bottom of the lid of the Quakers Oatmeal carton! I will have to try this one and let you know what I think! Blessings to you my dear sister!
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>These look delicious! If I have all the ingredients on hand we are making some tonight!
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>Oatmeal cookies never last long at our home. Love the picture of the empty plate. :)Have a wonderful weekend!
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>Cindy,You tell me about empty plates… here too, my two young men, and my girls roam around them! (And if my Dad happens to be here..forget it! He loves them!)Persis, last time I baked them, I literally stayed IN the kitchen by the oven, reading a book! :)Happy Weekend!
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>Thanks for sharing the recipe. Also thanks for the tip about taking the cookies out. I tend to leave them in too long. 😦
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>Those cookies look wonderful and the empty plate would be true at my home too with a teenage boy always foraging for something to eat! lolThanks for visiting my blog and for your wise comment. I totally agree with what you said.
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