| Chocolate Chip Cookies | | | | cookies. The first time I made these it was for some |
| There is nothing quite like a fresh chocolate chip | | | | friends. They almost all disappeared in one night! My |
| cookie. This particular recipe has become my favorite | | | | husband and another friend of ours (also not a sweets |
| over the years. It is soft and chewy and full of | | | | man) were eating these the way I eat chocolate (with |
| chocolate. Whenever I make this, I always have | | | | both hands, one right after the other). Whenever I |
| memories of coming home from school to a house | | | | make these, I always find my husband sneaking one |
| filled with the smell of chocolate chip cookies. All five | | | | when he thinks I am not looking. He will just look at me, |
| of us with chocolate smeared all over our faces. | | | | smile sheepishly and say, "What? They're good." Ah |
| Great memories! | | | | yes, the highest compliment any baker can receive. :-) |
| 1 cup butter, softened | | | | 3 eggs |
| 1/2 cup granulated sugar | | | | 1 cup raisins |
| 1 1/2 cups brown sugar, packed | | | | 1 teaspoon vanilla extract |
| 2 eggs | | | | Beat the eggs, stir in the vanilla extract, and then stir in |
| 2 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract | | | | the raisins. Refrigerate this mixture for at least one |
| 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour | | | | hour. |
| 3/4 teaspoon salt | | | | 1 cup butter flavored shortening |
| 1 teaspoon baking powder | | | | 1 cup packed brown sugar |
| 1 teaspoon baking soda | | | | 1 cup white sugar |
| 1 1/2 packages (12 ounce) semisweet chocolate chips | | | | 2 1/2 cups flour |
| Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cream together the | | | | 2 teaspoons baking soda |
| butter and sugars in a large bowl. Add in the eggs and | | | | 1 teaspoon salt |
| vanilla extract. In a different bowl, sift together the flour, | | | | 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon |
| salt, baking powder, and baking soda. Add the dry | | | | 2 cups oats (quick cooking kind) |
| ingredients to the wet ingredients. Stir in the chocolate | | | | In a large bowl, mix together the shortening and sugars. |
| chips. Roll into balls and place on an ungreased cookie | | | | Add in the flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon. Add in |
| sheet. Bake in preheated oven for 9 to 10 minutes. | | | | the raisin mixture and the oats. Roll it into balls and |
| Oatmeal Raisin Cookies | | | | bake on ungreased cookie sheets for 10 to 12 minutes |
| My husband is not a sweets man but he loves these | | | | in a 350 degree oven. |