Oatmeal Cookies

With instructional video

This is another basic baked goods recipe video. I made this cookie recipe for my husband, as these are his favorites. Oatmeal cookies like this are a great snack, the recipe I use is less sweet than other cookies I make. if you want them even less sweet, use 1/2 c applesauce in place of the white sugar. It need not be sweetened, I used my homemade applesauce many years ago with no added sugar. They will be soft and cake-like but marvelous treats for small children.

Oatmeal Cookies

• 1 c room temperature butter

• 1/2 c brown sugar (packed)

• 1/2 c white sugar

• 1/4 tsp salt¹

• 2 eggs

• 1 tsp vanilla

• 1 1/2 tsp baking powder

• 2 tsp pumpkin pie spices²

• 1 1/2 c old fashioned oats

• 1 3/4 c flour

Preheat oven to 350F

Cream together butter and sugars, add in salt if using, then beat in eggs, vanilla, baking powder, and spices. Once combined, mix in the oats and then the flour.

Spoon onto a cookie sheet. A sheet of parchment paper is really handy here to slide right off onto the cooling rack. Bake for 13-15 minutes (might be less, but depends on your oven) until just golden-brown at the edges and firm on top. Leave on the cookie sheet for a couple of minutes after removing from the oven, then move to a cooling rack.

This makes between 2-3 dozen cookies depending how large you make them. They are a soft oatmeal cookie. If you’d like them crispier, bake longer.

1. Omit if you are using salted butter.

2. Garam masala spices are awesome in these cookies!