Apple Oatmeal Cookies

These apple oatmeal cookies are soft, chewy and delicious.  Seasoned with spices and apples, they are a perfect treat or snack to eat during the day. Serve them with coffee, or a glass of milk.

Ingredients

1 c. butter, softened
1 c. brown sugar
1/2 c. granulated sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
2 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. ginger
1/4 tsp. cloves
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
1 1/2 cups four
3 c. oatmeal, (we use old fashioned oats)
1/2 c. dried apples, chopped or use 1 cup peeled apple, chopped fine

Directions

Preheat oven to 350°. 

Cream butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar. 

Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Mix in vanilla. 

Stir in the cinnamon, baking soda, salt, ginger, cloves, nutmeg and flour. Mix well.

Mix in the oatmeal and apples.

Drop by rounded tablespoonful onto an ungreased cookie sheet, spacing them 2 inches apart. 

Bake for 10 to 12 minutes, or until golden brown in color.

Allow the cookies to stay on the cookie sheet for at least a minute before removing them and placing them on a wire rack to cool.