Oatmeal Cookies

I never thought oatmeal cookies are soooo good. I had my first oatmeal cookies when me and my parents were staying at a hotel in Jakarta and we got a welcome plate of oatmeal cookies. I finished it off... myself :P. I couldn't stop munching though I didn't know what exactly I was eating. Later on, I learnt that those cookies were called oatmeal cookies.

A couple of days ago, I was cleaning up my kitchen cabinet and found plenty of instant oatmeal left (anyway, this isn't the oatmeal you're supposed to use for oatmeal cookies). Out of the blue, I just thought of making oatmeal cookies with it. So, here we go...

Ingredients:

• 3 eggs, well beate
• 1 cup raisins
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 cup white sugar
• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 2 tsp baking soda
• 2 cups oatmeal
• 3/4 chopped pecans (optional)

How to make:

1. Combine the eggs, raisins, and vanilla. Let it sit for one hour.
2. Cream together butter, brown sugar, and white sugar.
3. Add flour, salt, cinnamon, and baking soda. Mix well.
4. Blend in egg-raisin mixture, oatmeal, and chopped nuts. The dough will become stiff.
5. Take a heaping teaspoon of the dough and roll into a ball. Place the balls onto a baking sheet, give some room to expand. Flatten each ball slightly.
6. Bake at 175 degrees Celcius for 10-12 minutes.

Notes:

• I used the instant minute oats, which is WRONG. Hehe. Use regular oatmeal for this recipe.
• You can substitute pecans with other nuts of your choice. Maybe walnut, almond, or macadamia would do great.
• The baking time is kinda tricky. I usually set it up to 10 minutes and check on the color first. If it looks too lightly brown, you need to give it another minute. Otherwise the cookies will be too soft. But also, be careful not to over bake it (like some of the batches I did, pic down).
• Once it comes out of the oven, let it cool before removing it from the pan.

Source