Here’s the recipe for SSJ’s Best Oatmeal Cookies. Use them in your ice cream sandwiches. Eat them plain. Or, dress them up with mix-ins.

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SSJ’s Best Oatmeal Cookies

Servings: 42 Cookies

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter softened
• 1 ½ cups brown sugar
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1/8 tsp cloves
• 1/8 tsp nutmeg
• 1 tsp salt
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1½ cups all-purpose flour
• 3 cups quick-cooking oats or rolled oats [but not minute oats]
• 1 cup Mixins like Chocolate Chips or Coconut [OPTIONAL]

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• In a stand mixer or large bowl beat butter on medium to high until softened.
• Add brown sugar, baking soda, spices, and salt and beat until combined.
• Beat in eggs and vanilla, scraping the sides of the bowl if necessary.
• Beat in the flour.
• Beat in the oats.
• Drop dough onto parchment-lined cookie sheets by proper tablespoonfuls [not rounded] 2 to 3 inches apart.
• Bake until lightly browned at edges and set in the centres, approximately 10 minutes.
• Cool on cookie sheets for 2 minutes.
• Transfer to a wire rack & cool completely.