Simple Oatmeal Cookies

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After the girls got to make corn flake cookies, the boys decided it was their turn to do some baking.

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Ingredients

• 1\4 cup white sugar
• 1\2 cup brown sugar
• 1\4 tsp baking powder
• 1\2 tsp baking soda
• 1\2 cup butter, softened
• 1 tblsp milk
• 1 egg
• 6 packets instant oatmeal
• 1 cup flour

Directions:

Heat oven to 350 degrees.

Mix all ingredients except flour and oatmeal packets.

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Stir in flour and oatmeal. (The mixture will be sticky due to the milk. If you prefer crisp cookies to chewy ones, omit the milk. If you like your cookies chewy and cakey, add an extra tablespoon of milk.)

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Roll dough into 1 1\2" balls and drop onto an ungreased cookie sheet, about 2" apart. Smash the balls down to a thickness of about half and inch. (you can use the bottom of a clean cup to do this)

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Bake until light brown, about 8 minutes. Allow to cool on cookie sheet briefly, then remove to a rack to finish cooling.
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Makes about 2 dozen cookies.