ISO: Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

I'm still not sure that this is THE recipe.  Actually I'm pretty sure it's not.  Don't get me wrong, it's a great cookie and the family (including me) are gobbling them up quick enough, but I like a crispier, spicier oatmeal cookie.  After doing some searching, I selected this recipe from Allrecipes with some minor tweaks.  I read the reviews of this recipe (ALWAYS do this on these sites), and chose to go with 4 large eggs, used golden raisins and omitted the nuts, used 1 tsp baking soda and 1 tsp baking powder, doubled the cinnamon to 2 tsp and added 1/2 tsp of salt as I use unsalted butter.  I didn't want to bake them too long for the sake of Boo (or more for my sake, not wanting to clean up too many crumbs?), so I stopped at 11 minutes (my oven is a tad slow).  Like almost anything I bake, I added 1/2 cup of semi-sweet chocolate chips ;)

So the search is still on, but if you like a less spicy, chewier oatmeal cookie, you will probably love this recipe :)

The weekend is almost here and I'm trying to figure out what to experiment with.  My bookmarks list grows exponentially every day thanks to my Tastespotting fixation (yes, it is my homepage).  Someday I'm hoping that I'll even get a picture published... I need an external flash for my Canon first, and I'll admit it, a lot more practice :)