Oatmeal Cookie Bars
By: Helen Pitlick
Published: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 - 10:07pm

Ingredients




1 cup butter or margarine
1 cup white sugar
1 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
2 cups uncooked quick oatmeal
1 package (12-oz) chocolate chips
1 cup chopped nuts (optional)
1 cup raisins (optional)

Preparation

1 Cream butter & sugars. Add eggs & vanilla. Mix. Combine baking soda, salt & baking powder with flour. Add oatmeal. Stir dry ingredients into creamed mixture until dry ingredients are moistened. Stir in chips, raisins & nuts by hand.  2 Spread mixture in a 12x18-inch ungreased cookie pan or two 9x9-inch pans & bake at 350 for 20 minutes. (Do not overcook.) Cut into bars while warm.

About


These bars are really good: moist & chewy.