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My Dad's Favorite Oatmeal Cookies Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1 cup shortening
1 cup white sugar
1 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
1½ cups flour
1 tsp. soda
1 tsp. salt
3 cups quick cooking rolled oats
Directions:
Directions:
ºCream shortening, sugars, and vanilla. Beat in eggs. Combine flour, soda, and salt and add to creamed mixture. Finally add oats.

This was originally a refrigerator cookie recipe in which the dough was shaped into
rolls 1½ inch in diameter, wrapped in wax paper,, chilled for several hours or overnight, and cut into slices, I usually just use a cookie scoop and then lightly flatten the scooped dough on the cookie sheet as soon as I have mixed the dough. Use an ungreased cookie sheet and bake at 400º for 8 to 10 minutes.
Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
about 4 dozen
Preparation Time:
Preparation Time:
30 minutes
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
My dad loved these cookies, and his granddaughters baked them for him for birthday
gifts. The recipe came from a circa 1940s Gold Medal Flour cookbook, which I still
have.

 

 

 

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