Boatmeal Raisin Cookies

Ingredients:

1 cup (2 sticks) margarine/butter, softened
1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons cinnamon
3 cups Quaker Oats (old fashioned or quick, uncooked)
1 cup raisins

Other materials:
Baking Parchment Paper
Plastic Cocktail Swords
Toothpicks/Sammich Picks
Scissors

Step 1:

Firstly, heat the oven to 350F/180C. Check.

Beat together margarine, brown sugar an' granulated sugar until creamy.

Step 2:

Add eggs an' vanilla; beat well.

Step 3:

Add flour, bakin' soda, cinnamon an' salt; mix well.

Step 4:

Stir in oats and raisins; mix well.

Step 5:

Drop rounded tablespoonfuls onto an ungreased cookie sheet and press thumb in middle to flatten. Mold the dough into roughly boat-like shapes. The dough will spread out as the cookies bake, but they'll hold the shape to some degree.

Step 6:

Bake cookies for 10-15 minutes, or until golden brown! Anchors away, mateys!

Step 7:

And chopped up a bunch of parchment paper into two sizes (small and large sails) and cut the toothpicks in half, discarding the non-pointy ended half.

Step 8:

15 minutes later, golden brown perfection!

Step 9:

Then I slid a large sail onto each of the half-toothpicks, and a small then large sail onto each plastic sword. I'm going for a galleon-esque design.

Step 10:

Jab 'em into place and I'm ready to sail my fleet into war! The recipe makes roughly two dozen sea-worthy vessels.

Step 11:

The Great Battle of 10:35pm, pitting the great USS California Golden against its bitter archrival, HMS Bac-Os.