Best Oatmeal Cookies

Sometimes, the best recipes are the ones that have been around forever. And sometimes, they are sooo Classic, they keep the recipe right on the box! This is the classic case with Oatmeal cookies. My family has had this recipe in our recipe boxes forever, and the Quaker Oatmeal company has been printing it on the lid of their cylinder boxes forever! Just in case Quaker Oatmeal ever gets the horrible idea of taking the recipe off the lid, here it is:

Ingredients
1/2 C (1 stick) plus 6 tbs butter, softened (Don't MELT the butter! It can ruin the chemistry of baking the cookies!)
3/4 C firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 C granulated sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1-1/2 C all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp salt
3 C Quaker Oats (quick or old fashioned, uncooked)
1 C of raisins/ or 1 C of chocolate chips/ or 1 C peanut butter chips / basically 1 C of whatever you want! Be creative!

Directions
Heat oven to 350 degrees. In large bowl, beat butter and sugars on medium speed of electric mixer until creamy.
Add eggs and vanilla; beat well.
Add combined flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt; mix well.
Add oats and raisins (or whatever you choose!); mix well.
Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls onto cookie sheet. I prefer to use a Silpat on my cookie sheet, for mess free and non sticking cookies.
Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool 1 minute on cookie sheets; remove to wire rack. Cool completely. Store tightly covered.

Makes about 4 dozen cookies.