Then add in the syrup, eggs, cinnamon, nutmeg, and vanilla.
And when that's reasonably smooth dump in the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
And when mixed into oblivion, add the oatmeal and raisins.
Bake for about 10 minutes in a 350 degree oven on greased cookie sheets.
Makes a bunch, depending on how big of a glop of dough you're willing to put on the cookie sheets.
I've been working on some jokes.The first two come in something of a matched set; so far everyone laughs at one of them.
Said the sophisticate to the sculptor: however did you carve that exquisite elephant out of that block of marble?and:Said the sculptor to the sophisticate: well, I just hit the marble with a hammer and chisel until the elephant stopped moving.
Said the evangelical atheist to the Australians: could God make a can of Foster's so big that even he could not lift it?The third joke almost doesn't come with a punchline.Said the Australians to the evangelical atheist: no.
Way back before now, God took the power over music of all shapes and kinds, and gave into the hearts and minds of men and women the notes and rhythms, and the men and women went out and sang and made instruments and played them, and filled the world with music. And so, way back before now but a little later, The Devil took the power over words of all shapes and kinds, and gave into the mouths and hands of men and women the syllables and the phrases, and the men and women went out and spoke and made the pens and filled the paper with his black scratches.The punchline is something along the lines of, "and then the men and women put words to music, and it was a mess", but I like to just leave that off, and I still think it's pretty funny.