I Had To Get Them Out Of My House

I like cookies, but oatmeal cookies are not in my top ten of favorites. Usually, they are crunchy, I prefer a soft cookie. Also they have things like raisins in the, which I don’t love.

So my plan when I made these was to give them away. I did do that, but more because I didn’t want to stop eating them!

To start, using the cake mix makes these cookies very soft. I really was surprised at how moist they were. And when I checked them this morning they were still soft.

I really didn’t mind the raisins either. Maybe I am getting more used to eating raisins - a lot of the Mid Century recipes I have call for them. Perhaps I didn’t hate them as much as I thought I did. . .

I used pecans for the nuts. They provide a lovely amount of crunch.

I gave a dozen of the cookies to my daughters track teammate. The rest I sent to work with my husband. I just couldn’t have them in the house, I kept wanting to eat them!

OATMEAL COOKIES

1 Egg

1/4 Cup Water

1/2 Cup Butter, Softened

1/2 Cup Shortening

1/2 Cup Packed Brown Sugar

1 Teaspoon Cinnamon

1 Package Yellow Cake Mix

2 Cups Oats

1 Cup Raisins If Desired

1/2 Cup Chopped Nuts If Desired

Heat oven to 375 degrees. Beat egg, water, butter, shortening, sugar, cinnamon and half of the cake mix until smooth. Stir in remaining cake mix, oats and raisins and nuts. Drop by teaspoonfuls about 2 inches apart onto an uncreased baking sheet. Bake 10 to 12 minutes. Cool slightly before removing from baking sheet.