Preheat oven to 350/180

In a bowl cream the sugar and the butter together until creamy until light

Add the eggs one at a time and the vanilla essence

Fold in the flour sifted together with the Soda and salt into the egg butter sugar mixture

File in the oats and finally the raisins till mixed

Scoop I use ice cream scoop to scoop the batter into two prepared trays and bake for 15 minutes each batch till just browned Let cool on a rack and enjoy