Winter Blues

I really don't like this time of year and I think I have a case of the winter blues.

 I have found that one cure for my winter blues is to make cookies.  I like to bake cookies for the kids when they come home from school because who doesn't like a warm batch of cookies on a cold winters day?  In reality, I make the cookies for me.  After eating a good cup or two of dough, I stash the rest away in a secret place in the fridge

for when I get my sweet tooth craving. 

I tried out a new recipe for oatmeal chocolate chip cookies dipped in sugar. 

Because nothing says New Year's Resolution of sticking to a healthy

diet like brown sugar and butta:

I LOVE THEM CHOCOLATE CHIP OATMEAL COOKIES

1 1/2 cups brown sugar

1/2 cup white sugar

1 cup butter or margarine

2 eggs

1 1/4 tsp. pure vanilla

2 1/2 cups flour

2 1/2 cups instant oatmeal

1/2 tsp. salt

1 tsp. baking powder

1 tsp. baking soda

1 cup chopped nuts (optional)

1 cup chocolate chips (I like to use semi-sweet)

Cream sugars and butter, add eggs and beat well. Add salt, baking powder, soda and vanilla. Mix in flour and oatmeal. Add chocolate and nuts. Mold in golf ball-sized (sometimes I do palm sized balls) 2" apart on an ungreased cookie sheet. Press a glass that has been dipped in white sugar on them to flatten. Bake at 400 degrees for 6-8 minutes.