Mini Oatmeal Cookies

Mini Oatmeal Raisin Cookies.  Storm Troopers LOVE them.

It's the last weekday of Spring Break 2012.  Yesterday we went to the Omaha Zoo, and today, I felt the need to bake something "new."  These are basically Shakespeare Oatmeal Cookies in miniature form.  I like my Crisp Mini Chocolate Chip Cookies so much, that I decided I needed to miniaturize my favorite oatmeal cookie as well.  The only difference is that I added some finely chopped raisins to this batch, and I like them that way.  I intended for these to turn out crisp as well, but these are still chewy.  Hmmm...  Chewy oatmeal cookies are always good.  It might be the humidity today, or perhaps I need to leave them in the oven for another minute.  I'll try that with the next pan to go in.  The raisins, though, I think, will continue to make them soft.

Just consider these a cute, tiny way to enjoy a good oatmeal cookie...or two...or ten.

Mini Oatmeal Cookies

Ingredients:

3/4 cup King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour 1 1/2 cups quick cooking oats 1/2 tsp salt 1/2 tsp baking soda 1/2 tsp  ground cinnamon 1/8 tsp  ground cloves

pinch of ground nutmeg 1/2 cup butter 1/2 cup light brown sugar 1/2 cup granulated sugar 1 large egg 1/2 cup finely chopped raisins (optional)

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350°.

Sift flour, salt, soda, & spices together.  Stir in oats.

Cream butter & sugars.  Beat in eggs.  Stir in dry ingredients and blend well. Stir in chopped raisins.   

Scoop 1/2 teaspoon of dough and place on a parchment-lined cookie sheet, 1 inch apart.  Bake at 350° for 7-8 minutes, or until puffed in the middle, and set around the edges.  Allow cookies to cool on wire rack.

Makes about 9-10 dozen miniature cookies, I think.

Mini Oatmeal Cookies

Mini Oatmeal Cookies sans raisins