Oatmeal Pudding Cookies

1 cup softened butter

2 eggs

¾ cup brown sugar

¼ cup sugar

1 small box of vanilla pudding

1 ¼ cup flour

1 tsp. baking soda

2 cups of oatmeal (regular – not quick cooking)

½ cup pecans, chopped (optional)

raisins (optional)

Cream butter with brown and white sugar.  Add eggs one at a time mixing after each.  Combine pudding, flour, and baking soda and add to creamed mixture.  Add oats and optional ingredients.  Drop by spoonfuls onto an ungreased cookie sheet spacing the cookies apart by 2 inches.

Bake at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes.

These oatmeal cookies are the best – so moist and delicious.  This recipe was shared with me as a thank you for taking a young boy to baseball practice and games when he needed a ride..  How could his mom have known that this recipe would be the best thank you ever!