carol's choc-oat-cran-chip cookies

Ingredients

• 13/4 cups all purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt (optional)
• 1 teaspoon heaping teaspoon of cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 1/4 cups packed light brown sugar
• 1 cup butter (softened) we used 1/2 c butter and 1/2 c regular or buttered crisco
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 2 - eggs
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 1/2 cups quick or old fashioned oats
• 2 cups 12 oz. pkg. of semi-sweet chocolate morsels (we used the mini's)
• 1 1/2 cups dried cranberries
• 1 cup coarsely chopped walnut (optional)