Tasty Oatmeal Cookies
an original recipe by Ted McMillan
| Ingredients | |
1 |
Cup of unsalted butter -- use real butter |
1 |
Cup white granulated sugar -- any sugar works but I prefer cane sugar. |
2 |
Eggs (Large) |
1 |
Tablespoon of vanilla extract |
2 |
Cups uncooked old fashion oats |
2 |
Cups general purpose flour -- I prefer unbleached all purpose flour but any all purpose flour will work. |
1 |
Cup crushed walnuts (8 ounces) -- use small chunks not ground walnuts. I twist walnut halves to get chunks but you can also buy chopped walnuts. |
1 |
Cup (8 ounces) of semi-sweet chocolate morsels -- I prefer Hershey Dark Chocolate morsels |
2 |
Tablespoons of Rum -- Optional. This adds the rum flavor but the alcohol evaporates during the baking. |
| Directions | |
| Mix well in a large bowl the butter, sugar, eggs, and vanilla -- and optional rum | |
| Mix in the flour | |
| Stir in the oats, nuts, and chocolate morsels | |
| Use a tablespoon to drop onto ungreased cookie sheet. I prefer the dual layer air cookie sheet. You can also use parchment paper if you wish. | |
| Bake at 375º F. for about 12 - 13 minutes. The cookies should have a light brown highlight on top. | |
| This will make more than 2 dozen cookies. If you wish, a half batch is very easy to make. You can experiment with different nuts and morsels. | |
