Recipe: Quaker's Best Oatmeal Cookies

QUAKER'S BEST OATMEAL COOKIES

1 1/4 cups margarine, softened
3/4 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt (optional)
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
3 cups quick or old fashioned rolled oats (uncooked)

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.

Beat margarine and sugars until creamy; beat in egg and vanilla. Add combined flour, baking soda, salt, and spices; mix well. Stir in oats. Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheet.

Bake 8-9 minutes for a chewy cookie; 10-11 minutes for a crisp cookie. Cool 1 minute on cookie sheet; remove to wire rack.

Makes 50
Source: Quaker Oatmeal box top