Oat, Raisin, and Chocolate Chip Cookie Extravaganza

Makes about 24 cookies.

Ingredients

• 4 tbsp butter
• 2/3 cup superfine sugar
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1 capful of vanilla extract (what is this, like, 1/2 tsp? a full tsp? Not a full. Probably a half)
  
• 1/2 cup all purpose flour
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1&3/4 cup rolled oats (NOT INSTANT)
• 1 cup raisins, soaked in water for 15 minutes
• 1 cup chopped chocolate (or chocolate chips)

Preheat the oven to 350F
In a large mixing bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
Gradually add the beaten egg and vanilla.
Beat in the salt, baking powder, and flour and gently mix to combine.
Add the rolled oats, raisins, and chocolate pieces.
Place spoonfuls of the mixture on a greased baking sheet. About 12 should fit at one time.
Bake for 15-20 minutes. These won't really turn golden brown, so you can't use that as an indicator. Poke them with a knife or toothpick or something and make sure that it comes out clean.

Thoughts: Well, these were much better than that other oatmeal cookie recipe, I'll tell you what. But I don't think we were entirely pleased with the oat: flour ratio. These cookies, like so many other oat and raisin cookies, were too much oat and not enough batter. So I think we'd probably change the recipe to include something like 1 cup flour and 1 cup oats or even 3/4 cup oats or something. I don't know. We'll mess around with it. We used shredded chocolate pieces because that's what we had on hand, but I think actual chocolate chips would probably have been better.

Disaster Index: 2-3/10 not too shabby