Make Something! Part Two

I have a wonderful recipe book that I bought many years ago, during a trip to Newfoundland. Almost every recipe I have tried has turned out very well, but the most successful of all was the one I made this week.

Talk about a moodshifter! Oh my goodness, the fragrances that filled the house + the taste of the cookie dough + the yumminess of the finished product were amazing

If you feel like ‘making something’ this weekend, I can heartily recommend this recipe:

Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

1 c butter, melted

2 c brown sugar

2 eggs

2 tsp vanilla

1.5 cup all purpose flour

1 tsp salt

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp cinnamon

3 cup rolled oats (Quaker quick oats worked well)

1 c walnuts

1 c raisins

Preheat your oven to 375 degrees. In a large bowl mix together the melted butter, brown sugar, eggs and vanilla. Sift in the flour, salt, baking soda and cinnamon and mix well. Stir in the oats, nuts and raisins.

Drop the dough by the spoonful onto a greased cookie sheet and bake for about 10 minutes. Even though the cookies may look a little undercooked, take them out of the oven after the 10 minutes as they will finish cooking and firm up on the cookie sheet as they cool.

Oh boy! Although I am a definite chocolate fan, these cookies were really delicious! Enjoy!

The recipe comes from the book George House Heritage Bed and Breakfast Kitchen Recipes by Todd Warren and Dale Cameron, published by Flanker Press, St John’s, 2010.