Oatmeal Cookies

Baking cookies is so American I have come to find out while living abroad. But when cookies are so easy to make and delicious to eat why the heck not?! This is the best recipe I have ever used for oatmeal cookies.

1 cup (215 g) margarine
3/4 cup (165 g) brown sugar
1/4 cup (50 g) white sugar
1 package (3.5 oz)/98 g vanilla flavored instant pudding mix
2 eggs
1 1/4 cup (155 g) flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
3 1/2 cup (285 g) rolled oats
1 cup (165 g) raisins

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray two cookie sheets with non-stick spray. In a large bowl cream together margarine, brown sugar, and white sugar until smooth. Blend in instant pudding, then beat in eggs until the batter is light and fluffy. Combine flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon; mix into the batter. Stir in oats and raisins. Dough will be stiff. Drop dough by spoonfuls onto the prepared baking sheets. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until firm. Cool on wire racks.

Yield: About 60 cookies

Variation: Instead of or in addition to raisins use chocolate chips and butterscotch chips.