Oatmeal Cookies From The Corner Bakery Cafe

• 3 1/2 cups pastry flour (1 pound)
• 4 teaspoons baking soda
• 3 tablespoons cinnamon
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 3/4 lb butter (3 sticks)
• 1 1/4 cups sugar, plus 1 teaspoon
• 2 1/3 cups brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 4 1/2 cups old-fashoned rolled oats
• 1 cup currants or 1 cup raisins
• Optional
• 1 cup chopped walnuts

1. Heat the oven to 350 degrees, and in a large bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt; set aside.
2. In a large bowl and using a mixer, cream together the butter and sugars until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes; add the eggs one at a time until fully incorporated, then beat in the vanilla; beat in the flour mixture, a spoonful at a time, just until incorporated, then gently fold in the oats and currants (or raisins).
3. Scoop a generous 2 tablespoons of dough into a ball and place on a parchment-lined baking sheet; flatten the ball slightly and repeat, spacing the balls about 3 inches apart (you should be able to fit 6 cookies on a standard-size sheet).
4. Bake until the cookies are golden and set, 18 to 20 minutes, rotating halfway through for even baking; remove and cool the cookies from the sheet, and cool (still on the parchment) on a rack.

pastry flour, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, butter, sugar, brown sugar, eggs, vanilla, oldfashoned, currants, walnuts

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/oatmeal-cookies-from-the-corner-bakery-cafe-421697 (may not work)