Sunflower Oatmeal Cookies

1 cup white sugar
1 cup packed brown sugar
1 cup butter, softened
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
2 cups rolled oats
1 cup roasted & salted sunflower seeds


Preheat oven to 350°


In a large bowl cream together sugar & butter.  Beat in eggs 1 at a time, then stir in the vanilla.  Combine the flour, baking powder & baking soda; stir into the creamed mixture until just blended. Mix in the rolled oats and sunflower seeds.  Drop dough by heaping teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets.


Bake for 10 to 12 minutes in the preheated oven, or until the cookies begin to brown around the edge.