Oatmeal Spice Cookies

Fresh baked cookies are one of my kids' favorite treats.  Today I whipped up this batch of Oatmeal Spice cookies.   Note: raisins and chopped walnuts are optional.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup light brown sugar
• 1 stick butter, softened (to speed this up, I remove the wrapper, put it in a microwave-safe dish and nuke it for 30 seconds)
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 1/4 cup flour
• 1 cup uncooked rolled oats
• 3/4 cup softened, drained raisins (put them in a microwave-safe dish and nuke for 1 minute, then drain)
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts 

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Microwave your raisins, if you choose to use them, drain and set them aside to cool.
3. In a stand mixer, cream together the butter and brown sugar.
4. One by one while still mixing, add the egg, vanilla, milk, baking soda, baking powder, salt, nutmeg and cinnamon.
5. Add the flour.  Once that is completely blended in, add the rolled oats, then the raisins and walnuts (if you choose to add them).
6. Using a teaspoon, slide spoonfuls of the dough onto your cookie sheet.  Bake until golden brown - remove them from the cookie sheet immediately so they don't overcook.
7. This recipe made 36 cookies and the cook time was about 10 minutes (I have a convection oven).  The key is to keep checking them so they don't overcook.

Enjoy!