Nana's Oatmeal Cookies

The house on Harvey St. in Hyde Park, NY. Built by my great-grandfather. I actually
 came home from the hospital to this house and lived here while my dad was deployed in the Navy. 

Nana was born Lily Tobin. She married John William Hey and were married for 40 years until her untimely death in 1973. They had my mother Carol and my Aunt Melody. Lily was a Julliard School of Music Graduate. She played the piano and sang. Therefore she named her daughters musical names. They met in Poughkeepsie, NY, were married and lived there a number of years. Daba, as we called our grandfather, opened an appliance store but things were scarce and eventually. They lost the store and ended up going bankrupt. Daba enlisted in the Navy during WWII.

In the meantime, Nana moved back to Hyde Park and into her childhood home with her father. My great-grandmother passed away when Nana was in her teens. My mother was surrounded by Aunts and Uncles who lived only houses away. Daba was wounded in the war and spent quite a period of time in a hospital recovering from his injuries. Upon his release, he landed a job with IBM in Kingston, NY. It was said that Daba could charm the skin off a Cobra! He was a terrific salesman for IBM and worked there until his retirement in 1971.

We were blessed to have such a close relationship with our grandparents. Nana would always make us something "special" for her "Special Angels" as she called us! I was the "Big Angel" and each sibling hopefully remembers their nickname. Here is Nana's Oatmeal Cookies written on a piece of paper in her own handwriting.

Lily Tobin @ 20 years old.

Nana's Oatmeal Cookies:
3/4 cup of unsalted butter
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup of white sugar2 eggs
1 cup and 1tbsp flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
3 cups oatmeal (rolled oats)
1 pkg chocolate chips
1/2 cup nuts - chopped

Oven 350*
Mix all ingredients together by hand adding the chocolate and nuts last. Grease a cookie sheet and drop the mixture onto the pan using a teaspoon. Cook 10 minutes. Makes 3 1/2 dozen cookies.

PS Add another 2 tbs flour for high altitude baking. This is a slightly different recipe which calls for chocolate chips instead of raisins or cranberries which I use both from time to time. I have also been known to add 1 tsp cinnamon to the mixture along with the raisins or cranberries. Oatmeal Cookies are one of the healthiest cookies for kids to eat. So make them!!