Recipe - Childrens Cookie Mix

1 One half cup Quickcooking oats
Three fourths cup Allpurpose flour
One fourth teaspoon Baking soda
Three fourths cup Brown sugar; packed
One half cup Vegetable shortening

In a medium bowl, combine oats, flour, baking soda and brown sugar. Stir to
Blend. Cut in shortening with a pastry blender until mixture resembles corn
meal. Spoon about One half cup mixture into each of 8 small containers or
ziplock bags. Seal bags tightly. Label with date and contents. Store in a
cool dry place. Use within 12 weeks. Makes 8 packages Children's Cookie
Mix. Each package makes 9 cookies.

To use: RAISIN CHIP COOKIES 1 package Children's cookie mix 2 teaspoons
water 1 tablespoon raisins 1 tablespoon mini semisweet chocolate morsels
sugar

Preheat Mom's oven to 350°f. If using a child's play oven follow
manufacturers directions for baking cookies.

In a small bowl, combine Children's Cookie Mix, water, raisins, and
chocolate morsels. Stir with a spoon until mixture holds together in one
big ball. Shape one teaspoon of dough at a time into a ball. Arrange on
ungreased cookie sheet. Butter bottom of a small drinking glass. Dip
buttered glass bottom in sugar. Flatten each ball by pressing with sugar
coated glass. Bake 10 to 12 minutes in mom's oven or as directed in childs
play oven. Remove from oven. Cool on a rack. Each package of mix makes
about 9 cookies.

Recipe by: More MakeAMix Cookery by Eliason, Harward, and Westover

Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1 #980 by Dianne Larson Ward
dianne@olynet.com on Jan 03, 1998