mama bear's porridge (oatmeal) cookies
This recipe was one of the first recipes I ever made by myself, when I was a wee little munchkin. It was on the back of one of my favorite children's picture books: Goldilocks and the Three Bears, illustrated by Jim Aylesworth. (If you haven't heard of him, go out and buy all his books, no matter how old you are! You will not regret it.) I've tried many other oatmeal-cookie recipes since then, and have always returned to this old tried-and-true and well loved recipe. :)
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yield
40 cookies
prep time
30 Min
cook time
10 Min
method
Bake
Ingredients For mama bear's porridge (oatmeal) cookies
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1 1/4 cflour
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1/2 tspbaking soda
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1/4 tspnutmeg
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1 tspcinnamon
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3/4 tspsalt
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3 crolled oats
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1/4 cbutter (with this amount of butter, cookies will be light and crunchy. for moister, richer, and chewier cookies, use 3/4 cup of butter.)
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1 cdark brown sugar, firmly packed
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1/2 cwhite sugar
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1egg
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1/4 cmilk
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1 1/2 tspvanilla extract
How To Make mama bear's porridge (oatmeal) cookies
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1Preheat the oven to 350º F. Grease two cookie sheets.
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2Sift the flour, baking soda, nutmeg, cinnamon, and salt into a big bowl. Add the oats and mix well.
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3Beat together the butter, brown and white sugar, egg, milk, and vanilla extract in another bowl. Add the sugar mixture to the flour and oatmeal mixture, and mix until all ingredients are moist.
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4Fold into the well-mixed batter: 1 cup of raisins, and 1/2 cup walnuts. (For variations, you can mix and match the same amounts of coconut, peanuts, and/or chocolate chips.)
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5Drop mixture by tablespoons onto greased cookie sheets. Bake for 8-12 minutes, or until golden brown. Makes 40 cookies.
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