Oatmeal Cookies

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1 1/2 cup flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon soda
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 2 cups oatmeal
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 cup raisins

Method

1. 1

   Cream butter, add sugar and eggs.

2. 2

   Mix in water, oatmeal, and raisins.

3. 3

   Add flour and other dry ingredients.

4. 4

   Drop by spoonfuls on a pan and bake as usual.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Gertrude Bobbitt Circle cook book (1948) by Central Methodist Church (Spencer, N.C.). Gertrude Bobbitt Circle, page 22. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

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