Soft Oatmeal Cookies

Total Time: 23 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 8 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 24
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup brown sugar, packed
• 2 eggs, divided
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 3 cups quick-cooking oats
• 1 cup dried fruit

Recipe

• 1 in a medium bowl, cream together butter, sugar, and brown sugar.
• 2 beat in eggs one at a time; stir in vanilla.
• 3 combine flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon; stir into the creamed mixture.
• 4 mix in oats.
• 5 cover, and chill dough for at least one hour.
• 6 preheat the oven to 375 degrees fahrenheit (190 degrees celsius).
• 7 grease cookie sheets.
• 8 roll the dough into walnut sized balls, and place 2 inches apart on cookie sheets.
• 9 flatten each cookie with a large fork dipped in sugar.
• 10 bake for 8 to 10 minutes in preheated oven.
• 11 allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.