Estimated time:
Allow most of a morning, afternoon, or evening to bake 'em; perfect for a 'rainy day'.

Number of servings:
10-12 dozen cookies

Ingredients: (Hit your return key to start a new line)
2 c. flour

1 1/2 tsp. salt

1 1/2 tsp. soda

4 tsp. cinnamon

2 c. (one pound) butter, softened

1 c. peanut butter

4 c. granulated sugar

6 eggs, beaten

1/2 c. milk

4 tsp. vanilla

2 c. raisins

12 oz. chocolate chips

1 c. chopped walnuts OR sliced almonds

7 c. quick cooking oats (that's an entire 18 oz. box!)

*Enormous mixing bowl!

Directions:
Sift or stir together: flour, salt, soda and cinnamon. In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and peanut butter together until fluffy. Add sugar gradually. Add eggs, milk, and vanilla. Beat well.

Add flour mixture.

Stir in raisins, chocolate chips, nuts and oats. Mix thoroughly.

Drop by very Rounded Tablespoon-fuls onto cookie sheet. Allow some space for spreading.

Bake at 375 degrees F. for 10-15 minutes. Do not overbake; they should be a bit brown 'round the edges, yet they should look 'soft'.

Allow to cool briefly before removing from cookie sheet to tray or cooling rack. Scrape/wipe crumbs off the baking sheet after each batch; you may also wipe it with a damp cloth if you wish.

Cool completely before placing in an airtight container.

Other suggestions and comments:
These cookies are 'Fuel for the Body' type cookies. They are perfect for after-school snacks, or for road trips with the family (Don't place them in a school lunch if there's a chance the child will 'trade'; schools are often 'nut and peanut butter-free zones' due to allergies.)

*The recipe can be halved. The full recipe is a lot of work, but it's nice to have Oodles of family-friendly cookies ready to pop from freezer to cookie jar. They can also be frozen in little 'snack-sized' plastic bags, for a good 'grab and go' item.

I like to make the cookie dough the night before baking, so that it's a 2-step process. Chilling the dough seems to prevent the 'spread'/thinning of the cookies on the baking sheet, and it just makes the baking process that much more enjoyable.

I choose to do this on a day that involves being home all day, attending to things like Laundry, as I can get to loading/unloading/folding.

My youngest child does not like nuts or raisins. Freezing most of the cookies allows the rest of us to get what we want/need, over time, without over-catering to his taste buds.

People should not live by Chocolate Chip or Snickerdoodles alone! ;-)