Complese's Country Cookin'

These cookies are super yummy and super chunky! Be warned, these are not a “pretty” cookie, but looks are deceiving. They are good! You can substitute craisins for raisins if you would rather. I used the Blueberry Infused Craisins, and they were YUMO!

Also, some other subs I made were instead of butter I used butter flavored shortening. I also whipped the shortening, sugars, eggs and vanilla together at once. I try to not use an electric mixer (I like the “work out” from hand mixing) and use a wisk as often as possible. This method made it easy to wisk everything together and then switch to a wooden spoon to finish combining. Also, I made sure the cookies were very barely browned when pulled from the oven. Like just starting to brown on the edges, then I let them cool most of the way on my cookie sheet before moving to a paper bag to cool. This made them really soft, now today (the next day) they are falling apart almost from being so soft. But I like my cookies that way. Enjoy!

* 3/4 cup butter, softened
* 1/2 cup white sugar
* 3/4 cup packed light brown sugar
* 2 eggs
* 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
* 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
* 1 teaspoon baking soda
* 1/2 tsp Baking Powder
* 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
* 1/8 tsp ground nutmeg
* 1/8 tsp cloves
* 1/2 teaspoon salt
* 2 cups rolled oats
* 1 1/4 cup Craisins (1 6oz pkg)
* 1 3/4 cup Chocolate Chips (semi sweet or milk)

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
2. In med bowl add 2 1/2 cups warm-hot water, add craisins and allow to rest until ready to add.
When adding them to the recipe be sure to drain well and dry as much as possible.
3. In large bowl, cream together butter, white sugar, and brown sugar until smooth.
Beat in the eggs and vanilla until fluffy. Stir together flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon,
cloves, nutmeg and salt. Gradually beat into butter mixture. Stir in chocolate chip, oats and craisins.
Drop by teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets.
4. Bake 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until golden brown. Cool slightly,
remove from sheet to wire rack. Cool completely.