Wholesome Goodness - Oatmeal Chocolate & Raisin Cookies

After waking up from a rather long nap Sunday afternoon, I decided that I wanted a warm chocolate cookie. So, I set about to make this one chocolate cookie and ended up making a whole batch of them! And then I made whole new batch today as there was a request for plain oatmeal raisin ones.  Here's half a batch of those cookies jam-packed (as you can see) with oatmeal and raisins. 

Except, I couldn't resist and ended up making a small batch of oatmeal-raisin and chocolate ones too. We didn't have any chocolate-chips, but a couple bars of Ikea dark chocolate. I chopped half a bar up and sprinkled them into the batter- which seemed to do the trick! 

Oatmeal - chocolate raisin 

Plate of oatmeal raisin cookies waiting to be devoured

Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

3/4 to 1 cup butter (the recipe asks for 1 cup, but you can do with much less!)

1/2 cup of white sugar

1/2 cup of brown sugar

2 Large eggs

2 tbsp. milk

2 tbsp. vanilla extract (try to use the real one)

2 cups. Flour (I used whole wheat in this one)

1 tsp. baking soda

1 tsp. salt

2 1/2 cups oats

1 cup raisins

1-2 cups chocolate chip (depends on your preference)

1. Preheat oven to 350F

2. Mix softened butter and sugars

3. Mix in eggs, milk, vanilla extract

4. In separate bowl stir together flour, baking soda & salt

5. Beat flour into wet mixture, slowly

6. Stir in Oats, raisins & chocolate chips/chunks

Bake: 10-15 minutes or until golden brown (check underneath cookie for brown tinges) 

baker's suggestion: enjoy with a cup of cold milk or hot coffee!