the best oatmeal raisin cookie

Recipe:
1 cup butter, room temp
1 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup white sugar
2 eggs, well beaten
1 Tbs vanilla
1 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
2 tsp cinammon
1/2 tsp ginger
1/2 tsp nutmeg
3 cups oatmeal (quick cooking or old fashioned, not instant)
1 cup raisins

Directions:

Preheat to 350 F

Beat the eggs and vanilla in a small dish.  Add the raisins and let sit for at least 1 hr, up to 2 hrs.

Cream butter and sugars with mixer. In a seperate bowl combine flour, salt, baking soda, cinammon, ginger and nutmeg. Stir the dry ingredients until well blended. Add dry ingredients to creamed mixture and mix well. Now add in the egg and raisin mixture.  Then add oatmeal.  Form into balls on cookie sheet.  Bake 10 minutes.  Let cool on cookie sheet for 2-5 minutes and then transfer to wire rack to completely cook. 

Makes 4 dozen small cookies.