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Quaker's Best Oatmeal Cookies
Try the tasty variations too!
Yield: about 4-1/2 dozen
Ingredients
| 1-1/4 |
cups |
(2-1/2 sticks) margarine or butter, softened
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| 3/4 |
cup |
firmly packed brown sugar
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| 1/2 |
cup |
granulated sugar
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| 1 |
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egg
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| 1 |
teaspoon |
vanilla
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| 1-1/2 |
cups |
all-purpose flour
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| 1 |
teaspoon |
baking soda
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| 1/2 |
teaspoon |
salt (optional)
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| 1 |
teaspoon |
ground cinnamon
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| 1/4 |
teaspoon |
ground nutmeg
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| 3 |
cups |
Quaker Oats (quick or old fashioned, uncooked)
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Directions:
Heat oven to 375 F.
Beat together margarine and sugars until creamy. Add egg and vanilla; beat well. Add combined flour, baking soda, salt and spices; mix well. Stir in oats; mix well. Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheet.
Bake 8 to 9 minutes for a chewy cookie or 10 to 11 minutes for a crisp cookie. Cool for 1 minute on cookie sheet; remove to wire rack. Cool completely. Store tighly covered.
Variations:
Stir in 1 cup raisins or chopped nuts. Stir in 1 cup semisweet chocolate, butterscotch or peanut butter flavored pieces; omit spices.
Bar Cookies:
Heat oven to 375 F. Press dough evenly onto bottom of ungreased 13x9-inch baking pan. Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool completely; cut into bars. Store tightly covered. Yield: 48 bars
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Food Pavilion Recipes
https://foodpavilion.com/Recipes/Detail/144/