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Smelling Salts Journal

November 23, 2019

SSJ’s Best Oatmeal Cookies

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.

Filed Under: All Recipes, Christmas, Cookies, Desserts, Holiday, Holiday Baking

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