---------- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.02
 
      Title: Famous Oatmeal Cookies
 Categories: Cookies
      Yield: 60 Cookies
 
    3/4 c  Vegetable shortening
      1 c  Brown sugar; firmly packed
    1/2 c  Granulated sugar
      1    Egg
    1/4 c  Water
      1 ts Vanilla
      3 c  Quaker Oats; uncooked
      1 c  All-purpose flour
      1 ts Salt (optional)
    1/2 ts Baking soda
 
  Heat oven to 350°F. Beat together shortening, sugars, eggs, water,
  and vanilla until creamy. Add combined dry ingedients; mix well.
  Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 12
  to 15 minutes. Remove to wire rack; cool completely. Store tightly
  covered.
  
  My Own Special Cookies:

  Stir in 1 cup (any combination of) raisins, chopped nuts, semisweet
  chocolate pieces, or flaked coconut.
  
  Large Cookies:

  Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls. Bake 12 to 14 minutes at 375°F.
  
  Recipe by Quaker Oats Favorite Cookies, 1994

  Reprinted with permission from The Quaker Oats Company

  Formatted by: Karen Mintzias
 
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