Recipe - Giant Oatmeal-Spice Cookies

1 One half cup Allpurpose flour
One half teaspoon Baking soda
One half teaspoon Salt
2 teaspoon Ground cinnamon
2 teaspoon Ground cloves
2 teaspoon Ground allspice
1 teaspoon Ground ginger
1 cup Butter or margarine;
softened
1 cup Sugar
1 cup Firmly packed brown sugar
2 Eggs
1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
3 cup Quickcooking oats; uncooked
1 cup Chopped nuts; (optional)

Combine flour, soda, salt, and spices; set aside. Combine butter and sugar,
creaming well; beat in eggs and vanilla. Add flour mixture, mixing well.
Stir in oats; add nuts, if desired. Drop dough by a One fourth cup measure 5
inches apart onto lightly greased cookie sheets. Bake at 375 degrees for 12
to 14 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool slightly on cookie sheets;
remove to wire racks to cool completely. Yield: about 2 dozen.

NOTES : Submitted by Mrs. C. C. Cabaniss, Shelby, North Carolina

Recipe by: Southern Living, 1980 Annual Recipes, May

Posted to MCRecipe Digest by NGavlak NGavlak@aol.com on May 17, 1998