Oatmeal Cookies

Cooked with Love by Kelly Karavousanos, HeartLight Center Director of Community Outreach

“Every Christmas, my grandma would fill her kitchen with plates of cookies and pies of every kind. No matter how many she made, she always set aside a lemon meringue pie just for my dad, because it was his favorite. Baking was her love language, and her kitchen was where joy lived. Now, we make these cookies every year in her honor. Even though my daughter never had the chance to meet her, she has inherited that same love for baking. She’s even added her own touch to the recipe by sprinkling in coconut, making it her own while keeping Grandma’s spirit alive in every bite.”

1 1/4 cups unsifted flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup butter or margarine, softened
1/4 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
1 package 4 serving size Jell-O brand vanilla flavor instant pudding pie filling
2 eggs
3 1/2 cups quick-cooking rolled oats
1 cups raisons (optional)