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Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

1 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup butter

1 tablespoon vanilla extract

1 egg

3/4 cup flour

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon baking soda

1 1/2 cups old fashioned oats

1 cup raisins

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix butter and sugar together by hand. Incorporate vanilla and then stir in the egg. Stir or sift dry ingredients together in a separate bowl. Add butter mixture to dry ingredients. Add raisins and stir until they are evenly spread throughout the batter.

Bake for 9 to 15 minutes depending on the size of cookie. Cookies will be browned on the bottom and slightly soft on top when done. Leave finished cookies on the cookie sheet for one minute, then remove to a cooling rack.

Variation

Replace raisins with chopped dates or chocolate chips.

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Sugar Sprinkle Cookies

2 1/2 cups flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/4 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter

1 1/4 cups sugar

2 ounces cream cheese

1 egg

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/2 teaspoon almond extract

3/4 cup to 1 cup sprinkles for each batch. Amount will be less if Demerara sugar is used instead.

Instructions

In a small bowl, sift together dry ingredients. In a larger bowl, mix sugar and softened butter and cream cheese together. Mix in egg. Scrape down bowl and add extracts and dry ingredients.

Place 1/4 cup of sprinkles in a bowl. Take a heaping teaspoon of dough, roll it lightly into a ball, and roll it through the sprinkles until the surface of the dough is covered. Cook on parchment on a cookie pan in a 350-degree oven until bottom of cookies are pale gold. Cookies will continue to darken after cooking.

Remove from pan immediately and allow to cool for fifteen seconds before moving them to a rack. Store in a closed container before completely cool if a slightly chewier texture is desired.