[recipe] Oatmeal Raisin Cookie Mix

[Guest guest]

These make really nice housewarming gifts.

You can add other dried fruits or even different

flavored baking chips to make these even more

personal and special. I like butterscotch chips in

my oatmeal cookies, or white chocolate chips with

dried cranberries. So pretty when layered in a jar.

 

Oatmeal Raisin Cookie Mix

 

1 cup all-purpose flour

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp ground cinnamon

1/2 tsp nutmeg

1/2 tsp salt

3/4 cup packed brown sugar

1/2 cup sugar

3/4 cup raisins (or chocolate chips if you prefer)

2 cups quick-cooking oats

 

ADDITIONAL INGREDIENTS:

3/4 cup butter or margarine, softened

1 egg

1 tsp vanilla extract

 

In a bowl, combine the first five ingredients; set aside.

In a 1-qt glass jar, layer brown sugar, sugar, raisins or

choc chips and oats, packing well between layers.

Top with reserved flour mixture. Cover and store in a cool

dry place for up to six months.

Yield: 1 batch cookies (about 4 cups total)

 

To Prepare Cookies:

In a mixing bowl, cream the butter.

Beat in egg and vanilla.

Add cookie mix and mix well.

Drop by rounded teaspoonsful 2 inches apart onto

greased baking sheets.

Bake at 350 degrees for 9 to 11 minutes.

Cool for 2 minutes before removing from baking sheets.

Yield: about 5 dozen cookies per batch

 

Tie a jar of this cookie mix with a pretty ribbon and

include a recipe card. Lovely when presented as a

housewarming gift or when a friend has a new baby.

[great teacher appreciation gifts too! back-to-school

is right around the corner here~ eek!]

 

~ PT ~

 

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distinction between past, present and future is only

a stubborn, persistent illusion.

~ Albert Einstein (1879-1955)