Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

I love cookies a little too much, but I figure if they have oatmeal and raisins in them they can't be too bad right? Ha, sure. I mean they have two sticks of butter in them butttttttttt that doesn't count! Ok, so I gave away about 90% of these because I just loved them too much and had to remove them from my household before I need all new jeans. Lets be honest, its hard to restrain yourself. I got this recipe from Annie's Eats, since I trust her baking. I skipped the walnuts she includes because nut allergies are rampant these days!

Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
Ingredients:
1 cup butter, softened
1 ½ cups light brown sugar, packed
½ cup granulated sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 ¾ cups flour
1 tsp. baking soda
½ tsp. salt
1 ½ tsp. cinnamon
¼ tsp. nutmeg
3 cups rolled oats (I used good ole' fashioned Quaker Oats)
1 cup raisins

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 375°. (you know how I feel about this step...) 

2. In a large bowl beat butter, brown sugar, granulated sugar, eggs and vanilla with a hand held mixer until well blended. (Here is a little info about softened butter -- you MUST actually have it at room temperature. If you don't have your  butter at the right temperature it won't beat into that nice fluffy texture. Also, if you have blown up a hand mixer before, its probably because your butter was too cold! The hand mixers just can't handle cold butter. Another way to cream butter if you forgot to warm it up to room temperature is to grate it on a cheese grater on the big hole side into nice little butter slivers then mix it.) 

3.  In a medium bowl combine flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg. 

4. Add dry ingredients to butter mixture, stirring until just combined. (don't overwork it)

5. Fold in rolled oats and raisins. 

6. Drop dough by rounded teaspoons about 2 inches apart onto a cookie sheet. (Note: line your baking sheets with parchment or Silpats... don't know about Silpats? Well they are awesome and you should invest in them. NOTHING will stick to them and you can just rinse them off after you are done! I also think its eco-friendly to skip throw away parchment paper when you can reuse these :D) 

7. Bake for 8-10 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Cool 2 minutes and remove to wire rack to cool completely. 

Look at those beauties...yum!!