RECIPE: Quaker's Best Oatmeal Cookies
Bake at 375 F.

1 1/4 cups  (2 1/2 sticks) margarine. [We used butter.]
3/4 cup     firmly packed brown sugar.
1/2 cup     granulated sugar
1           egg
1   tsp     vanilla
1 1/2 cups  all-purpose flour
1 tsp       baking soda
1 tsp       salt (optional) [we used it]
1 tsp       cinnamon (optional) [we used it]
1/4 tsp     nutmeg (optional) [we used it]
3 cups      Quaker Oats, uncooked (quick or old fashioned) [we used old
            fashioned]

Heat oven to 375 F.
Beat margarine and sugars until fluffy.
Beat in egg and vanilla.
Add combined flour, baking soda, salt and spices; mix well.
Stir in oats.
Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheet.
Bake 8 to 9 minutes for a chewy cookie, 10 to 11 minutes for a crisp cookie.
Cool 1 minute on cookie sheet; remove to write rack.
Store tightly covered.
Yield: 4 1/2 dozen

[The difference between "quick" and "old fashioned" is just in the
size of the flakes.  The "quick" ones are the smaller ones... using
the "old fashioned" oats will give a slightly crunchier cookie.]

August 1992

Hazel Boston-Baden, P.O. Box 17522, Anaheim CA 92817.
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