Crunchy Oatmeal Cookies

Title:
Crunchy Oatmeal Cookies

Yield:
1 Servings

Categories:
Biscuits




Ingredients:





     3 c  Uncooked Quick Oats


     1 c  All-purpose flour


     1 ts Baking soda


   1/2 ts Salt (optional)


     1 c  Packed brown sugar


   1/2 c  White granulated sugar


   3/4 c  Shortening


     1    Egg


     1 ts Vanilla extract


   1/4 c  Molasses






 raisins, nuts, chocolate chips, birdseed, etc.


 


 Preheat oven to 350 F


 


 Mix dry ingredients.  Cream together sugars, shortening, vanilla, molasses.


 Mix in dry ingredients until mixed. Add "extras" -- raisins, nuts, chips,


 etc. (I like pecans and chocolate chips). Roll tablespoons of the batter


 into little balls (the molasses will make a mess out of your hands -- I


 have to wash them a few times) about 3/4" or 1" in diameter; place on a


 greased cookie sheet. Press them down with your fingers to flatten them,


 and put them in the oven for 11-13 minutes. If you bake them at a bit lower


 than 350 you can do it longer and they get more crispy. Remove from oven


 and let sit for a minute or two so they don't fall apart when you cool them


 on a wire rack.


 


 Enjoy!


 


 Gary L Hewitt


                         glhewitt@phoenix.princeton.edu


 


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