Danita's Recipe Box

• 1 cup margarine or butter, softened
• 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon salt (optional)
• 3 cups uncooked Quaker oats
• 1 cup raisins

Heat oven to 350°F. Beat together margarine and sugars until creamy. Add eggs and vanilla; beat well. Add combined flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt; mix well. Stir in oats and raisins; mix well. Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until golden brown. Cool 1 minute on cookie sheet; remove to wire rack. (For bar cookies, bake 30 to 35 minutes in ungreased 13×9 inch metal baking pan.)

• 1 cup peanut butter
• 6 tablespoons butter, softened
• 1 1/4 cups sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups (1 package) milk chocolate morsels, divided

Preheat oven to 350°F. In large mixer bowl, beat peanut butter and butter until smooth, about 1 minute. Add sugar, eggs and vanilla extract; beat until creamy. Blend in flour and salt. Stir in 1 cup milk chocolate morsels. Spread into ungreased 13×9 inch baking pan. Bake 25 to 30 minutes, or until edges begin to brown. Immediately sprinkle remaining milk chocolate morsels over cookie layer. Let stand 5 minutes or until morsels become shiny and soft. Spread morsels evenly over top. Cool completely.