Oatmeal Cinnamon Chip Cookies

I made these at Christmas.  The recipe is on the back of a Hershey's Cinnamon Chip bag.  I kept the bag I used to get the recipe posted here.  The beagle has been trying to steal and eat the bag.  A word of advice...beagles are not the best sous chefs!

1 C.  butter or margarine, softened
1 C. packed brown sugar
1/3 C. granulated sugar
2 eggs
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla
1 1/2 C. all purpose flour
1 tsp. baking powder
2 1/2 C. quick cooking oats
1 2/3 C. cinnamon chips
3/4 C. raisins  (not everyone in my family likes raisins so at Christmas, I omitted them)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Beat butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar in a bowl until creamy.  Add eggs and vanilla; beat well.  Combine flour and baking soda; add to butter mixture, beating well.  Stir in oats, cinnamon chips and raisins (batter will be stiff).

Drop by heaping teaspoons onto an ungreased cookie sheet.  Bake 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned.  Cool 1 minute, remove from cookie sheet to wire rack.

How Did I Get Here??

Hi.  It's been a while.  I'd love to say that I have spent this winter cooking up a storm but the fact of the matter is...that's not what's going on.  In mid January, I was diagnosed with Non Hodgkins Lymphoma and have been undergoing treatment since.

I had been suffering from some unexplained nausea and had been steadily losing weight at the same time.  Well, now I have an explanation and a battle on my hands.

I am doing some cooking and meal planning.  Honestly, Chris has been doing the lion's share of the cooking.  I have weird tastes for food that come and go.  I also have a few food aversions...at the moment it's bacon and garlic which are normally two of my favorites.

I am trying to put the 25+lbs (or at least some of them) that I lost while trying to figure out what I had, back on.  Needless to say my normal eating habits are being reprogrammed for the time being.  Its been a long time since I have been able to eat what I want when I want.  I am also not really worried about eating WW friendly meals.   When I am healed, I will go back to eating more carefully.