"Those" Cookies

Confession: We love cookies at our house.  Husband calls my KitchenAid mixer the "Chocolate Chip Cookie Maker."  J can be bribed to do anything nearly with a cookie (uh not that I ever have to bribe my children....)  The good news is that everyone is ok with healthy cookies (which are often like a trail mix in a cookie) and I don't mind having them around quite as much (though they are still a treat!)  Here is a recipe I have adapted, changed, etc. etc. and we love (*note, we are cooking at 7000 feet here so you sea-level folks may not need as much flour!)

Cream together:
3/4 cup butter
1/2 cup which sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
3 eggs

  Add:
1 tsp. vanilla (the real kind, not imitation)
2/3 cup juice (we just use whatever we have around at the time!)

Mix and add to previous mixture:
2 3/4 cup flour (I use Prairie Gold Wheat Montana flour - it is "light" wheat)
2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
2 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. nutmeg
little bit of ginger
3 1/2 cups oats (or whatever looks right in the mix!)

Add in:
a chopped apple
1/2 cup raisins
1/2 cup craisins
3 large handfuls of chocolate chips (or whatever you like...)
1/2 cups chopped nuts (we usually use walnuts)

Bake at 350 degrees about 10 minutes - don't over cook!

And because blog posts are just boring without pictures....

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