Oatmeal Cookies

 

¾ cup unsalted butter (1 ½ sticks)

1 cup firmly packed brown sugar

A scant ½ cup of granulated sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 egg

¼ cup water

2 cups flour

½ teaspoon baking soda

½ teaspoon cinnamon

3 cups oats, uncooked

Cream butter and sugars. Add vanilla and cream again. Add egg and mix. Add water and mix. Add 1 cup of flour, and the baking soda and cinnamon and mix, thoroughly. Add the second cup of flour. Add the oats, one cup at a time. It might be best to switch from the hand mixer to a wooden spoon for mixing the second and third cups of oats.

Grease a baking sheet. Drop dough by spoonfuls on the baking sheet. Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 12 minutes. The subsequent batches may need less time, like 11 or 10 minutes. Rotate the baking sheets from the lower shelf to the upper shelf so the cookies are not too crisp or burned on the bottom.

This recipe makes 3 dozen cookies.