Recipe - Oatmeal Brickle Cookies

1 cup Butter; room temperature
1 cup Granulated sugar
1 cup Firmly packed brown sugar
2 Eggs; beaten
1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
1 One half cup Allpurpose flour
One half teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon Baking soda
3 cup Regular rolled oats
2 cup Golden raisins
1 One fourth cup Chopped walnuts
1 pack (6oz.) almond brickle
baking chips

Source: America's Best State Fair Recipes by Catherine Hanley In the book,
the recipe is credited to Ms. Rose Datko from St. Paul, Minnesota.

Preheat oven to 350F (175C). Lightly grease several baking sheets. In a
large bowl, cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs
and vanilla. In a mediumsize bowl, combine flour, salt and baking soda;
blend into creamed mixture. Stir in oats, raisins, walnuts and baking
chips, mixing well. Drop by level tablespoonfuls 2 inches apart onto
greased baking sheets. Bake in preheated oven 13 to 15 minutes or just
until golden brown. Do not overbake. Cool cookies on baking sheets 1
minute, then remove from baking sheets to wire racks to cool. Makes 78
cookies.

Posted to TNT Prodigy's Recipe Exchange Newsletter by "shalli"
shalli@ih2000.net on Nov 3, 1997