[ripdog]

Here, off the top of my head, is the best recipe for oatmeal raisin cookies that I've ever tasted:

2 C. flour
2 C. oatmeal
2 C. white sugar
2 C. brown sugar
1 C. raisins
2 sticks butter (softened)
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. vanilla extract
0.5 tsp. nutmeg
0.25 tsp. ground cloves
2 eggs

In a large bowl, mix eggs, sugars, vanilla, cloves, nutmeg, and butter. Add baking powder, baking soda, salt, flour and oatmeal and mix. Mix in raisins, then chill dough for at least an hour. Heat oven to 375 degrees F. Drop dough by the spoonful onto an ungreased cookie sheet, then flatten them with the palm of your hand. Cook for 8-10 minutes, then get them onto a cooling rack as quick as possible--they'll stick hard after 5 minutes and you'll have only crumbs to eat.

If the dough isn't cold enough, it'll stick to your hand. Flattening is very important! The cookies don't taste as good if you skip this step. Also, the dough doesn't taste very good and the cookies taste better after they've had a chance to cool off some. Don't leave out the cloves--they make the recipe, I think. Also, don't add more then the suggested amount of cloves--I tried doubling it once and it was way too much. They're crispy/chewy and taste great, I always talk to myself after an batch of these, they're the best. I've been making these for 15 years (but eating them for 34) and haven't had an O.R. cookie that compares. My sister-in-law always begs me to make them--but she's a [censored], so no cookies for her.