Oatmeal-Raisin Cookies

"This is the best oatmeal cookie I have ever had" were his (CM-cookie monster) exact words as we were sitting in the movie theater watching "When's the Last Time You Saw Your Father" ( A very moving look at a father/son relationship with a dollop of death). Yes, I know you are not supposed to bring outside food into the theater, ARREST ME. Who's going to eat the crap they sell in there when you have homemade cookies fresh out of the oven. Anyway, back to the cookies, I used challenge butter, organic raisins, Safeway brand shredded coconut ( I'm not made of money!), organic eggs, Type A Hardwick maple syrup (Not to be confused with Type A Personality which is associated with an increased risk of heart attacks), and Quaker oats. I spent the majority of the time trying to figure out what the heck (PG version) it means to put the "racks in the upper and lower thirds". Even my engineer BF had to scratch his head at this one. I decided to play it safe and not jeopardize the ingredients and bake in the good old middle rack (which meant doing two batches). As I mentioned I made these at BF's house and while baking he decided it was the perfect time to show me a detailed account of his retirement funds, page after page. I tried to pay attention to these serious matters while in the corner of my eye seeing the butter pass from room temperature to mush. THEN, he decides to distract me by doing push ups. By this point, I had low expectations for these cookies. The first batch of 9 cookies baked for 16 minutes and came out chewy (could use another minute). The second batch of 7 came out golden crispy in the same amount of time. ? Surprisingly YUMMY.

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