<spicy oatmeal cookies>
ingredients
- softened butter - 1/2 cup
- butter flavored shortening - 1/2 cup
- packed brown sugar - 1 cup
- white sugar - 1/2 cup
- eggs - 2 large
- ripe banana - 1 (optional)
- vanilla extract - 1 tsp
- ap flour - 1 1/2 cup
- baking soda - 1 tsp
- ground cinnamon - 1 tsp
- ground cloves - 1/2 tsp
- ground red pepper - 1/4 tsp (optional)
- ground nutmeg - 1/4 tsp (optional)
- ground cardamom - 1/8 tsp (optional)
- salt - 1 tsp
- rolled oats - 3 cup
- milk - 4 cup
- juice - 1 cup (optional)
- raisins - 1 cup (optional)
- toasted chopped walnuts - 1 cup (optional)
- chocolate chips - 1 cup (optional)
directions
in a medium saucepan, boil 4 cups of milk with salt. once boiling, turn down heat to medium and add rolled oats. stir ocasionally and cook for 6 minutes. remove from heat and set aside.
in a small saucepan put juice over high heat to boil. rinse and add raisins once the liquid is boiling. cook for 3 minutes. drain raisins and set aside to cool.
in a large bowl, cream together butter, butter flavored shortening, brown sugar, white sugar, eggs, vanilla, and banana (optional). stir in flour, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, red pepper (optional), nutmeg (optional), cardamom (optional), and salt. once they are just combined fold in oatmeal, raisins (optional), nuts (optional), and chocolate (optional)
line cookie sheets with parchment paper and drop by rounded tablespoons. bake 14 to 16 minutes in a 350° oven until bottoms are just beginning to turn golden brown. cool for 2 minutes before removing from cookie sheets to cool on a rack.