Oatmeal Cookies

One of my favorite things to make is oatmeal chocolate chip cookies. This recipe was my Great-Grandmothers. It took a while for my Granny to properly re-create these cookies because the recipe wasn't exactly accurate. 1 cup did not mean a metric cup, it meant whatever chipped tea cup she used for baking and the temperature of the oven was measured by feeling the heat on your bare arm int he wood burning stove. But eventually my Granny figured it out and it is now a family favorite.

1 cup butter or margarine
2 eggs
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup white sugar
2 cups flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
2 cups oatmeal
1 cup chocolate chips or nuts or raisins (or whatever your preference is, I have used Skor bits also)

Using a mixer blend the butter until smooth, add the sugar, once that is mixed add the eggs. Pre mix the flour, salt and baking soda in a bowl. Add a few spoonfuls of this at a time to the butter mixture. Once all the flour is added add the oatmeal and chocolate chips.

Bake the cookies for 10 minutes in a 375F oven (190 c).