Famous oatmeal cookies

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Preparation Time:

10 Min

Serves:

Difficulty:

Easy

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Main Ingredients:

See below ingredients and instructions of the recipe

Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

3/4 c Vegetable shortening 3 c QUAKER Oats (quick or old
1 c Firmly packed brown sugar -fashioned, uncooked)
1/2 c Granulated sugar 1 c All-purpose flour
1 Egg 1 ts Salt (opt)
1/4 c Water 1/2 ts Baking soda
1 ts Vanilla

Heat oven to 350'F. Beat shortening, sugars, egg, water and vanilla
until creamy. Add combined oats, flour, salt and baking soda; mix
well. Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake
12-15 minutes or until light golden brown. Remove to cooling rack;
cool completely. Store tightly covered.

Makes about 5 dozen cookies.

MY OWN SPECIAL COOKIES: Add 1 cup of any or a combination of the
following ingredients to basic cookie dough: raisins, chopped nuts,
chocolate chips or coconut. Makes about 5 dozen cookies.

From Tony Burke, Cyberealm BBS Watertown, NY 315-786-1120