My Favorite Cookie Recipe: Oatmeal Create a Cookie ~

I've made this recipe dozens of times. I've had many people ask me for the recipe. It was published by The Quaker Oat Company in the

Whole Grain Cookbook

in 1979. I looked around on the Quaker Oats website and I can't find this recipe. It really isn't a secret and I'm always willing to share it.

Create-A-Cookie

1 cup of butter or margarine (I almost always use butter, or a mix of butter and margarine.)
1 1/4 cups firmly packed brown sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp. vanilla (I always add more than that)
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour. (I haven't tried whole wheat yet, but today I will do a 50-50 mix.)
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
3 cups of Quaker Oats (Quick or Old Fashioned, uncooked)


Beat together butter and sugar until light and fluffy; blend in eggs and vanilla. Add combined flour, soda, salt, and cinnamon; mix well. Stir in oats. Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto greased cookie sheet; bake in preheated moderate oven (350 degrees F.) 10 to 12 minutes or until light golden brown.

Makes about 5 1/2 dozen cookies.

Now for the creative part:

Add a different ingredient to this basic recipe and you'll have created a cookie! Usually I add more than one. One day soon I'm planning to make a double recipe with chocolate chips, craisins, and walnuts. I also make usually them larger than the recipe suggests. These cookies freeze well.

Variations:
Add 1/4 tsp. of nutmeg and 1/4 tsp. of cloves.
Add 1 cup of raisins. (dark or golden)
Add 1 cup chopped nuts
Add 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate, butterscotch, or peanut butter flavor pieces.
Add 1/2 cup chopped dried apricots, dates, candied fruit, or cherries
At 1 cup of shredded or flaked coconut
Add 1/2 cup sunflower seed