Reviewed: Sep. 15, 2011

These are great cookies! Oatmeal cookies with a kick of spice. Only made a half batch o these just to try them, but will make them again soon to give as gifts.

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babs2574

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Two Harbors, Minnesota, USA

Living In: Anoka, Minnesota, USA

Reviewed: Jun. 25, 2011

Recipe always turns out well despite my very modest skills in the kitchen. I substitute ingredients as necessity dictates or preferences change for my kids. Made the recipe three times so far. Followed recipe exactly the first time. Superb cookies. The second time I left out raisins. The second time, I used cinnamon versus the pie spice... and the third I put in chocolate chips versus raisins and used chopped walnuts versus the black walnut. Excellent cookies. I love a recipe that tolerates variations and consistently produces rapidly-eaten cookies.

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wxmanwill

Reviewed: May 1, 2011

These cookies are so easy to make and taste delicious!! I, like some other bakers choose to use cinnimon instead of pumpkin spice too. I've made them with chocolate chips and another batch with raisins, equally good. Thanks for the recipe, it is now my standby.

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m1c4e77e

Reviewed: Mar. 9, 2011

I have made these as a staple for my family and to bring to work. I changed the recipe by using butter, 3/4 cup white sugar, I vary the raisins with dried blueberries, golden raisins, cranberries and dried fruit whirled in the food processor with a bit of sugar will work wonderfully. I never have black walnuts and I've substituted pine nuts, almonds, pecans whatever I happen to have on hand. I almost triple the spice, I use nutmeg, cinnamon, a touch of ground cloves and/or ginger they are fabulous. FANTASTIC I must make them once a week.

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AddSyd's Mom

Reviewed: Mar. 2, 2011

These are very good.

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KIT1

Home Town: Huntington, New York, USA

Reviewed: Feb. 27, 2011

excellent recipe! I have several friends who claim to not like oatmeal cookies, and they were practically inhaling these. I used cinnamon instead of pumpkin pie spice and I left out the raisins and walnuts. They came out chewy, soft, and delicious!

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ansleyel

Reviewed: Jan. 3, 2011

I was looking for an oatmeal cookie recipe to use trail mix in, and this adapted excellently! I used cinnamon instead of the pumpkin pie spice, a personal preference, and added 1 1/2 cups coarsely chopped trail mix instead of the raisins and walnuts. They came out terrific! If you decide to try my adaptation, I recommend separating the M & Ms and raisins out before chopping and adding them whole. If you want more chocolate, substitute 1/2 cup chocolate chips for 1/2 cup trail mix.

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Nancy B

Cooking Level: Expert

Reviewed: Jan. 1, 2011

Wonderful recipe! Everybody loved them.

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aselill

Reviewed: Dec. 21, 2010

This Christmas season I put nuts in almost everything I baked so I decided not to add them to these oatmeal cookies. Instead I used one cup of raisins and one cup of dried cranberries. I soaked them separately in hot water while I mixed up the rest of the ingeredients. The only other change I made was to use cinnamon rather than pumpkin pie spice but only because I'd also made pumpkin pie and pumpkin bread. They were great and they looked more "Christmas-y" than regular oatmeal cookies.

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