Linda’s Oatmeal Molasses Cookies – Cooking Aboard with Jill

Ingredients

• ½ cup butter, room temperature
• 1/3 cup molasses
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon Amaretto, sweet Italian liqueur(optional)
• 1 ¼ cup sugar (I used turbinado)
• 1 2/3 cups all-purpose flour (I used King Arthur’s gluten free)
• 1 cup total of raisins, chopped nuts and/or flaked coconut (I used 1/3 cup of all three)
• 2 cups quick-cooking oats
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
• ¼ teaspoon salt