OATMEAL BARS
Chewy rolled oatmeal bar cookies
If I had ever dreamed that my oldest son would grow up to be the moderator
of mod.recipes, I might have taught him how to make these cookies when he
was young. They were his favorite cookies.
Ingredients
(Serves 6 children)
- 1 cup shortening
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 4 eggs,
beaten well
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups white flour,
sifted
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 2 cups quick-cooking oats
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
(optional)
Procedure
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Preheat oven to
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Cream shortening and sugars. Add eggs and vanilla. Beat well.
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Sift flour, salt, and soda and add to creamed sugars. Add oatmeal and nuts,
and mix well.
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Spread evenly into a greased
13 x 9 x 2-inch
baking pan. Bake at
for 20 minutes.
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While still warm, cut into squares and remove from pan.
Rating
Difficulty:
easy.
Time:
10 minutes preparation, 20 minutes baking.
Precision:
Measure the ingredients.
Contributor
Betty Reid
Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford, Conn. USA
{decwrl!mejac,yale,princeton}!spock!breid
Recipe last modified: 6 Oct 86
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