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Recipe: Oldtime Quaker Oatmeal Almond Cookies (1920's)

Desserts - Cookies, Brownies, Bars
OLDTIME QUAKER OATMEAL ALMOND COOKIES

1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup granulated sugar
1 egg, beaten lightly
1/3 cup almonds, blanched & finely chopped
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup Old Fashioned Quaker Oatmeal, uncooked
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/8 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking powder
zest from 1/2 a lemon
2 tablespoons milk or water
24 almonds halves

Cream butter; add sugar gradually; add egg well beaten without separating; chopped almonds, flour, oats, spices, baking powder, thoroughly mixed; add lemon zest and milk or water.

Drop about 2 tablespoonfuls of batter for each cookie, on a greased cookie sheet, about 1 1/2 inches apart.

Spread with a spatula to about 2 1/2 inches across and press an almond half into the top of each cookie.

Bake in a moderate oven (350 degrees F.) from 12 to 15 minutes.

Makes about 2 dozen cookies
Source: Meriden, CT - Daily News, March 10, 1925
MsgID: 019583
Shared by: R. Barton - Sacramento, CA
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