Old Fashioned Oatmeal Cookies

These taste like, well, old fashioned cookies from a bakery or something! The family secret? Spices, spices, spices. These babies have a lot of weird spices that sound like they should be in a Starbucks frap, not a cookie. (It's a good thing.)

3/4 cup butter
3/4 cup shortening
2 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar
4 eggs
2 tsp vanilla
5 cup flour
1 tsp baking powder
2 tsp soda
2 tsp salt
2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp cloves
2 cups rolled oats
1/4 cup water (if the dough is too floury)
1 cup raisins

Preheat oven to 400'. Cream fats and sugars for 4 minutes. Mix everything else in thoroughly. I usually use most of the water because I live in a desert (aka Utah) but if you don't need to use any, great! Drop by teaspoon on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 8-10 minutes or until golden brown and delicious-looking!

YIELD: This is a double batch! So expect a buttload of cookies!