Recipe - Famous Oatmeal Cookies

Three fourths cup Vegetable shortening
1 cup Firmly packed brown sugar
One half cup Granulated sugar
1 Egg
One fourth cup Water
1 teaspoon Vanilla
3 cup QUAKER Oats (quick or old
fashioned, uncooked)
1 cup Allpurpose flour
1 teaspoon Salt (opt)
One half teaspoon Baking soda

Heat oven to 350'F. Beat shortening, suagrs, 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 1215 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 Favorite All Time Recipes Homemade Holiday Cookies, Publication
International, Ltd., ISBN 078530147X.

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