Recipe - Crunchies

One half cup Butter or margarine
One fourth cup (4Tbs) honey
One fourth cup Sugar
4 cup Oatmeal, uncooked
1 cup Raisins (optional)

Melt shortening. Add honey and sugar. Add oatmeal (and raisins) quickly
before sugar dissolves completely. Blend well and press into a buttered
9x13" pan. Bake at 400 F for 8 10 min. Cut into squares while still
slightly warm but don't remove from pan until they are firm.

Variation: Dribble Three fourths cup or less of melted chocolate chips over crunchies
while they are still warm.

From: "The Taming of the C.A.N.D.Y. Monster" by Vicki Lansky.

Courtesy of Theresa Merkling

From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini