Oatmeal Cookies

Ingredients

• 1.5 ce. oatmeal
• 1 c. raisins (seeded and chopped)
• 2c. brown sugar
• 0.5 c. lard and butter
• 1 tsp. soda
• 1 egg
• 3 tsp. salt
• 3 tsp. cinnamon
• Flour for stiff batter

Method

1. 1

   Mix first six ingredients.

2. 2

   Cut in fat; add beaten egg, milk and flour.

3. 3

   Finish as Fruit Cookies.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Lillian Massey school recipes (1913) by Lillian Massey School Household Science, page 43. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

+ tsp. soda. eC eos + tsp. salt. > ¢ brown sugar. % c. butter. 4 c. sour milk. Mix first five ingredients; cut in butter and add milk gradually. Dough should be very soft. Roll out and cut as cookies. Put two cookies together with Date Filling between them. Bake in a moderate oven. This amount will make about fifty cakes. « : DATE FILLING. + lb. dates. 3 Cc. Sugar. 1 c. water. Wash and stone dates, add sugar and water, and cook until mixture becomes a paste; cool. OATMEAL COOKIES. 14 ce. oatmeal. + @. raisins (seeded and chopped). 2c. brown sugar. +. c. lard and butter. + tsp. soda. 1 egg. 3 tsp. salt. 2) Ceamilic 3 tsp. cinnamon. Flour for stiff batter

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