Oatmeal 'surprise' cookies and happy meatless monday!

Edited to add: happy meatless monday! How are you doing with the challenge??? Ok, and now for something to ruin your dinner with!

Yuuuuuuumy! So the title might be a little deceiving, really there is no surprise, but it seemed more appropriate than just plain old oatmeal cookies. The beauty of these is that they adapt really well to whatever you want to throw into them- chocolate chips, nuts, raisins.... anything your little heart desires. Either plain or with stuff they are delicious, and a definite crowd pleaser!

Ingredients

1 cup softened butter

1 cup white sugar

1 cup loosely packed brown sugar

2 eggs

1 tsp vanilla

2 cups flour

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp salt

1 1/2 tsp cinnamon

3 cups oats

'surprise' to taste :0)

Directions

Cream together the butter, sugar, brown sugar, vanilla and eggs (1 at a time).

In a separate bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon.

Slowly stir the flour mixture into the creamed mixture, stirring until just damp and well incorporated.

Add oats 1/3 at a time, stirring until incorporated well.

Add surprise, stirring until incorporated well.

Cover and chill for 1 hour.

Heat your oven to 375. Using a cookie scoop or a small spoon, place cookie dough on a sprayed baking sheet a few inches apart. Bake for 8-10 minutes. Remove from oven and let rest for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire cooling rack.

Nutrition

Really??? Let's not go there for deserts ok?

Notes

These cookies dont really spread out too much, so dont worry about leaving a whole lot of space between them. You should remove the cookies from the oven when the edges JUST start to brown and the top is firm- dont wait for the whole top to brown or you will have a ruined batch on your hands :0)

This recipe is super easy to freeze: Just roll up extra dough into a tightly packed ball. Wrap tightly with saran wrap. Flip ball over and wrap a 2nd time with saran wrap to prevent freezer burn. When you're ready to enjoy, just defrost in your freezer and bake as normal! Should keep well for 6-8 weeks.

Enjoy!