Oatmeal Suprise Cookies

The biting wind and blowing leaves has left me itching to bake and bake and bake! I finally got to last night when I tried another recipe from Taste of Home’s Fall Baking magazine. I’m happy to report that they are delicious!

I love when a recipe goes according to plan – you follow the instructions and the end result looks exactly like it does in the picture. These definitely did. My only note is on pumpkin pie spice. The recipe calls for 1 teaspoon, but I accidently used about 1 ½ (Oops! Spill.). Even with the extra, you barely taste the spice. It’s like a little “hmmmm” every other bite. I love the pumpkin flavor, so I’d rather it be in every, single bite. Next time I might kick it up to 2 (purposeful) teaspoons. Or maybe add a little cinnamon. Adding chocolate-covered raisins was genius! Yummy! Yummy! Yummy!

 Packaged up for the neighbors