Recipe - Oatmeal Crunchies

1 cup Soft shortening
2 cup Granulated sugar
2 Egg; unbeaten
4 tablespoon Grated orange rind
3 tablespoon Gerber orangeapricot juice
1 teaspoon Nutmeg
1 teaspoon Salt
4 teaspoon Baking powder
2 cup Sifted flour
2 cup Gerber oatmeal cereal

Preheat oven to 375. Cream shortening and sugar together. Add eggs, and
beat well. Stir in grated orange rind. Sift together nutmeg, salt, baking
powder and flour. Add alternately with juice. Mix in cereal until well
blended. Drop dough from teaspoon onto greased cookie sheet. Bake 1215
minutes. Yield approximately 5 dozen cookies.

Recipe by: Gerber Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1 #752 by L979@aol.com on Aug
21, 1997