{"id":3335,"date":"2010-02-14T22:20:24","date_gmt":"2010-02-15T04:20:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hottie-biscotti.com\/blog\/?p=3335"},"modified":"2010-02-16T14:04:51","modified_gmt":"2010-02-16T20:04:51","slug":"oatmeal-cookies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hottie-biscotti.com\/blog\/2010\/02\/14\/oatmeal-cookies\/","title":{"rendered":"Simple Oatmeal Cookies"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>This past weekend Ben and I went to Angel Fire, New Mexico and spent all day Saturday skiing. \u00a0That’s right. \u00a0I\u00a0skied\u00a0for the first time in 10 years. \u00a0And get this, I did not fall, even once. \u00a0Maybe that is because I played it safe and stayed on greens and easy blues. \u00a0I was pretty proud of myself, regardless. \u00a0Even Ben, the man who owns his own skis, said I did a “very good job”. \u00a0This means quite a bit to me.<\/p>\n

Here we are before the day began. \u00a0The weather was great, and the snow was the best Ben has ever seen by New Mexico standards. \u00a0I had such a great time! \u00a0Who knew that I would ever get a renewed love for skiing?\u00a0 \u00a0This statement will come back to bite me sometime soon, but I must say this…I like to snow ski.\u00a0 If Ben hadn’t encouraged me to try it again, I don’t know if I would have.\u00a0 Thanks, Ben!\u00a0<\/p>\n

Speaking of Ben…his favorite cookie is the classic oatmeal raisin. \u00a0I have become enamored of this cookie as well during our 7-year relationship. \u00a0The hearty oats in the butterery\u00a0dough with tart, sweet raisins is delicious and utter perfection. \u00a0I made a few hundred of these cookies as favors for our wedding in 2006. \u00a0My lovely and incredibly helpful aunts and cousins from California came in about a week before the wedding and helped prepare the 250 packages of cookies in cute cellophane bags and tie them with blue and brown ribbon and a “Carrie & Ben” hang tag. \u00a0I found them to be adorable, but I don’t know if people even noticed them. \u00a0Oh well. \u00a0I guess there are things you make for your wedding that you put incredible blood, sweat and tears (or butter, eggs and flour) into that no one really notices…<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Back to the real subject here, cookies! \u00a0Sometimes you want a plain and simple oatmeal cookie. \u00a0No extras, nothing to take away from the pure goodness of the oats, butter and warm brown sugar. \u00a0These cookies fit perfectly in that simple, no frills category. \u00a0I used a recipe from allrecipes.com with one change;\u00a0I used half butter and half shortening. \u00a0I think it yields a more sturdy cookie while maintaining the lovely butter flavor. \u00a0These cookies are incredibly easy and crazy good. \u00a0The amount of salt in this recipe surprised me a bit, but it was wonderful against the sweet sugar. \u00a0A little salty-sweet is great in a cookie.<\/p>\n

Soft and Simple Oatmeal Cookies<\/h5>\n
Ingredients<\/h6>\n
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  • 1 cup butter, softened<\/li>\n
  • 1 cup white sugar<\/li>\n
  • 1 cup packed brown sugar<\/li>\n
  • 2 eggs<\/li>\n
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract<\/li>\n
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour<\/li>\n
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda<\/li>\n
  • 1 teaspoon salt<\/li>\n
  • 1 \u00bd teaspoons ground cinnamon<\/li>\n
  • 3 cups quick cooking oats<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
    Directions<\/h6>\n
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    1. In a medium bowl, cream together butter, shortening, white sugar, and brown sugar.<\/li>\n
    2. Beat in eggs one at a time, then stir in vanilla.<\/li>\n
    3. Combine flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon; stir into the creamed mixture. Mix in oats. Cover, and chill dough for at least one hour.<\/li>\n
    4. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Roll the dough into walnut sized balls, and place 2 inches apart on cookie sheets.<\/li>\n
    5. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n