The Best Oatmeal Cookies

Sometimes keeping things basic is the best. Ben, our eighteen year-old son, doesn’t like raisins or nuts in his cookies—but he sure likes these cookies. And they are very good. And they’re easy.

Of course, you don’t have to keep them basic. You can add nuts, raisins, or chocolate chips. Because they spread into relatively thin cookies, we decided to fill them and make sandwich cookies out of them. We used chocolate marshmallow cream. They were a little gooey but the kids thought they were great. We have included the recipe for Homemade Chocolate Marshmallow Cream.

Recipe for the Best Oatmeal Cookies

Ingredients

1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1 cup butter
3/4 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup brown sugar
2 large eggs

3 cups old-fashioned rolled oats

Directions

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.

1. Mix the flour, salt, baking soda, baking powder, and cinnamon together in s small bowl. Set aside.

2. Cream the butter and the sugars together. Add the eggs. Beat until the mixture is light and fluffy.

3. Add the flour mixture to the creamed mixture and beat until combined. Add the rolled oats and continue beating. (If you are adding chips or nuts, add them now.)

4. Place rounded teaspoons of dough on a lightly greased baking sheet. The resulting mounds of dough should be no large than walnuts.

5. Bake for 9 to 10 minutes or until done. Let sit on the cookie sheet for two minutes and then remove them to a wire rack to completely cool.

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