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Recipe: Oatmeal Drop Cookies with Variations (Quaker Oats, 1973)

Desserts - Cookies, Brownies, Bars
OATMEAL DROP COOKIES

1 cup sifted all-purpose flour*
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup soft shortening
1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/3 cup milk
3 cups Quaker Oats (quick or old fashioned, uncooked)

Sift together flour, baking powder and salt. Add shortening, brown sugar, eggs, vanilla and milk; beat until smooth, about 2 minutes.

Stir in oats. Drop from teaspoons onto greased cookie sheets.

Bake in preheated moderate oven (350 degrees F) for 12 to 15 minutes.

VARIATIONS:

Spice Cookies:
Add 1 teaspoon cinnamon and 1/2 teaspoon allspice to dry ingredients.

Nut Cookies:
Add 1/3 cup finely chopped nutmeats with the oats.

Chocolate Chip Cookies:
Chop 1-oz. sweet cooking chocolate; add with the oats.

Raisin Cookies:
Add 1 cup raisins with the oats.

*lf using self-rising flour, leave out the baking powder and salt

Makes 4 1/2 dozen cookies
From: Recipelink.com
Source: Recipe booklet: Stretching Food Dollars - Meal Planning Hints and Budget-Wise Recipes, The Quaker Oats Company, 1973
MsgID: 0223327
Shared by: Betsy at Recipelink.com
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