Makes 2 dozen

INGREDIENTS
2 sticks Butter, softened
¾ cup granulated Sugar
¾ cup Dark Brown Sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp Pure Vanilla Extract
1 ½ cups All-Purpose Flour
1 tsp Baking Soda
½ tsp Ground Cardamom
½ tsp Ground Cinnamon
½ tsp Salt
3 cups Oatmeal
1 cup Walnuts
1 cup Raisins

2 cups White Chocolate Chips or Vanilla Almond Bark, optional – for icing

METHOD
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
In a large bowl, beat butter and sugars on medium speed of electric mixer until light and creamy.
Add the eggs and vanilla, and beat well.
Add in combined flour, baking soda, cardamom, cinnamon and salt, mix until well blended.
Add the oatmeal, walnuts and raisins, mixing until totally incorporated.
Using a 1 inch scoop, place dough on an ungreased baking sheet.
Bake for about 8 minutes, or until lightly golden.
Allow to cookies to cool 1 minute on cookie sheet before moving to a wire rack.
Cool completely.
If desired, ice the cookies with melted white chocolate or vanilla almond bark.

These dense chewy oatmeal cookies are loaded with nuts, raisins and milk chocolate. They are my go-to cookie when I’m craving something sweet. Not only are they delicious, they’ve got plenty of fiber with 3 cups of oatmeal. They also contain ‘good for you’ raisins & nuts. So go ahead and make a batch!

INGREDIENTS
3/4 cup Butter, softened
3/4 cup Brown Sugar
1/2 cup White Sugar
2 Eggs, room temperature
1 tsp Pure Vanilla Extract
1 1/2 cups Flour
1 tsp Baking Soda
1/2 tsp Salt
3 cups Oatmeal, uncooked
1 cup Raisins
1 cup Milk Chocolate Chips
1/2 cup Pecans, chopped
1/2 cup Walnuts, chopped
METHOD
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
In the bowl of your electric mixer cream together the butter and sugars until light and fluffy.
Add the eggs and vanilla, continuing to beat.
Stop the mixer and add in the flour, baking soda and salt.
Mix together until combined, adding in the oatmeal, raisins, chocolate chips, pecans and walnuts.
Using a cookie scooper, place mounds of cookie dough onto an ungreased cookie sheet.
Bake for 8 to 10 minutes.
I usually take my cookies out of the oven when they are a little underdone, and allow them to remain on the hot cookie sheet for another minute or two, before moving to a wire rack.
Enjoy!