Easy oatmeal cookies
1 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 1¼ | cup | All-purpose flour |
| 1 | teaspoon | Baking soda |
| ½ | teaspoon | Salt |
| ½ | teaspoon | Ground cinnamon |
| 1 | cup | Shortening |
| 1 | cup | Firmly packed brown sugar |
| 1 | cup | Sugar |
| 2 | Eggs | |
| ½ | teaspoon | Vanilla extract |
| 3 | cups | Quick-cooking or regular oats; uncooked |
| ½ | cup | Chopped pecans |
Directions
Combine flour, soda, salt, and cinnamon; set aside. Cream shortening and sugar; beat in eggs and vanilla. Add flour mixture, mixing well. Stir in oats and pecans. Shape dough into 1-inch balls, and place 1 inch apart on lightly greased cookie sheets. Bake at 350 degrees for 12-15 minutes or until lightly browned. Yield: about 8 dozen.
NOTES : Submitted by Mrs. Earl E. Crimm, Gordo, Alabama Recipe by: Southern Living, 1980 Annual Recipes, May Posted to MC-Recipe Digest by NGavlak <NGavlak@...> on May 17, 1998