Name: Chewy Oatmeal Spice Cookies
Ingredients: 5 1/4 cup brown sugar, firmly packed; 3 1/2 cup granulated sugar; 1 3/4 cup unsalted butter, softened; 1 quart plus 1 cup apple butter or applesauce; 14 egg whites or 7 whole egg; 3/4 cup plus 2 Tbs. skim milk; 1/4 cup plus 1 Tbs. vanilla extract; 10 1/2 cup all purpose flour; 2 Tbs. plus 1 tsp. baking soda; 2 Tbs. plus 1 tsp. ground cinnamon; 1 1/4 Tbs. salt; 1 3/4 teaspoon nutmeg; 3 3/4 lbs. quick or old fashioned oatmeal, uncooked; 7 cup raisins or dried mixed fruit, diced if mixed fruit

Chewy Oatmeal Spice Cookies

Ingredients

5 1/4 cups brown sugar, firmly packed
3 1/2 cups granulated sugar
1 3/4 cup unsalted butter, softened
1 quart plus 1 cup apple butter or applesauce
14 egg whites or 7 whole egg
3/4 cup plus 2 Tbs. skim milk
1/4 cup plus 1 Tbs. vanilla extract
10 1/2 cups all purpose flour
2 Tbs. plus 1 tsp. baking soda
2 Tbs. plus 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
1 1/4 Tbs. salt
1 3/4 teaspoon nutmeg
3 3/4 lbs. quick or old fashioned oatmeal, uncooked
7 cups raisins or dried mixed fruit, diced if mixed fruit

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 F. Lightly spray a cookie sheet with nonstick cooking spray. Beat together sugars and butter until well blended. Add next 4 ingredients and beat well. Combine flour and next 4 ingredients in another bowl. Stir into sugar mixture. Stir in oatmeal and raisins and mix well. (Dough will be moist.) Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls onto prepared cookie sheet. Bake 10-12 minutes or until edges are light golden brown. Cool 1 minute on cookie sheet and remove to wire rack. Cool completely. Store in tightly covered container. Variation: Easy Bar Cookies: Spread dough evenly onto bottom of an ungreased 13x9 inch baking pan. Bake 25-30 minutes or until edges are light golden brown. Cool completely and cut into bars. Store tightly covered. This recipe serves 112 people. Because this recipe is for a particular size pan, it adjusts the number of servings only in multiples of 16.The instructions describe how to prepare the ingredients for one pan. There are enough ingredients to prepare 7 pans.