Recipe - Oatmeal Pan Cookies

1 cup Margarine
1 cup White sugar
1 cup Brown sugar
2 Eggs
1 teaspoon Vanilla
2 cup All purpose flour
1 teaspoon Baking soda
One half teaspoon Salt
One half teaspoon Baking powder
2 cup Quick oatmeal; uncooked
1 pack (12oz) chocolate chips
1 cup Chopped nuts (optional)
1 cup Raisins (optional)

Cream butter & sugars. Add eggs & vanilla. Mix. Combine baking soda, salt &
baking powder with flour. Add oatmeal. Stir dry ingredients into creamed
mixture until dry ingredients are moistened. Stir in chips, raisins & nuts
by hand. Spread mixture in a 12x18inch ungreased cookie pan or two
9x9inch pans & bake at 350 for 20 minutes. (Do not overcook.) Cut into
bars while warm. Bakes 60 bars. (Really good, moist & chewy.)

SUE CARTER

From Simply Southern, the Desoto School Mothers' Assn, HelenaWest
Helena, AR 72390. Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe Archive,
http://www.erols.com/hosey.