Judi's Really Good Oatmeal Spice Cookies

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 3 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
• 1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
• 1/2 lb butter
• 1/2 teaspoon real vanilla extract
• 2 cups sugar
• 1/2 cup molasses
• 2 eggs
• 2 cups old fashioned oats
• 3/4 cup coconut
• 3/4 cup chopped walnuts or 3/4 cup pecans
• 3/4 cup currants or 3/4 cup raisins

Recipe

• 1 cover several cookie sheets with parchment (or aluminum foil).
• 2 preheat oven to 375°f.
• 3 combine the flour, baking soda and spices.
• 4 in the bowl of a mixer, cream the butter, vanilla and add the sugar, beating well.
• 5 add the molasses (i recommend spraying the measuring cup with pam first) and beat to mix.
• 6 add the eggs one at a time.
• 7 on low speed, add the dry ingredients only until incorporated.
• 8 then add the oatmeal, coconut, nuts and currants, stirring until mixed.
• 9 using a rounded kitchen teaspoon of dough, drop each cookie onto the sheet about 2 inches apart from the next.
• 10 bake for 10 to 12 minutes.
• 11 cool on a wire rack and store in an air-tight container.