Oatmeal: Quaker Oatmeal Cookies (1955)
Source of Recipe
Quaker - posted to rc by birdaprey
List of Ingredients
2 Cups Sifted flour
1/2 tsp. Salt
1/2 tsp. Baking powder
1 tsp. Cinnamon
1/2 tsp. Ground cloves
1 Cup Crisco shortening
1 1/2 Cups Brown sugar
2 Eggs, beaten
2/3 Cup Sour milk (Add lemon juice. about a tsp. regular milk)
1 1/3 Cup Rolled oats
1 Cup Raisins
1 Cup Chopped nuts
Recipe
Sift first five ingredients. Cream shortening
and sugar; add eggs; beat until smooth. Add dry ingredients in small amounts alternatively with milk. (You may do this by hand.)
Stir in last three ingredients. Drop by teaspoonful onto greased cookie sheets. Bake at 350 deg. until golden.
YIELD: 4 DOZEN