so i found some time today to experiment with that little oven that mom had shelved into the closet quiet a while ago and which mysteriously ended outside a couple of days ago. so here is kausik's quick tip to make decent oatmeal and honey cookies. this recipe comes after a lot of googling and a lot of 'cutting short on ingredients' so that i need not go out to buy :D

1. mix 3 table spoons all purpose floor, that is maida, a small teaspoon of baking soda and a small teaspoon of  salt.
2. beat a little butter ( a half inch slice of standard amul butter) and three table spoon of sugar.  keep mixing untiil its kinda consistant. add a little curd (1 ladle) and some vanila essence.
3. to mixture 2 add four table spoons of oatmeal and then stir well add mixture 1 next and keep stiring till consistant.
4. Add all the goodies you can get from the fridge. i got a few cashews, some walnut, some raisins. add some honey as well, i mean why not :P
5. uniformly distribute it onto to the baking tray. grease it very very lightly.
6. bake at 160 - 190 deg cel. for around 15 mins. the time doesnt really matter keep looking at it until it turns a nice golden color. keep watching the smell as well.
7. take out cool and server after ten mins.
8. you just earned some rep points from the ladies of the house :)

gotchas

1. dont put the goodies on top of the cookie before baking. it just doesnt cook well enough.
2. dont check for hardness while in oven. IT WILL BE SOFT and will become hard only on cooling.
3. go easy on the greasing else your cookie bottom is gona get burnt.
4. learn to distribute the cookie in proper circular shapes. :)