Old-Fashioned Oatmeal Cookies

These are the oatmeal cookies I ate as a child. Soft and delicious! They are still one of my favorite cookies.


Preheat your oven to 400 degrees.

In a small saucepan, combine a cup of raisins and a cup of water. Let these simmer together for about 20 minutes. Cool.


In a mixing bowl, combine 3/4 cup shortening.


1 1/2 cup Sugar


2 eggs


and a teaspoon of vanilla


Mix those together until smooth.

In another bowl, combine 2 1/2 cups of flour


1/2 teaspoon Baking Powder and 1 teaspoon Baking Soda


a teaspoon of Cinnamon and a half teaspoon of ground cloves


and a teaspoon of Salt. Stir it all together.


Strain your raisins, reserving the liquid in a measuring cup.


You'll need 1/2 cup of liquid, so add a little water if you need to. Set aside.


Go ahead and chop up about 1/3 cup of nuts, if you like. I used pecans.


Now, add the liquid to your mixing bowl with the cream mixture.


Then mix in your dry ingredients, about half at a time.


Next, you're going to add in 2 cups of rolled oats


...as well as the raisins and the chopped nuts


Stir these all together


Scoop the dough onto cookie sheets, by heaping tablespoon. My mother always baked these on a greased cookie sheet, but I have never had the need to grease mine. I normally bake cookies on parchment paper or silpats.


Bake these for 8-10 minutes, or until golden brown.

Enjoy!


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Old-Fashioned Oatmeal Cookies
by Conni Smith

This makes right at 3 dozen cookies.

1 cup Raisins
1 cup Water
3/4 cup Shortening
1 1/2 cup Sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp Vanilla
2 1/2 cup Flour
1/2 tsp Baking Powder
1 tsp Baking Soda
1 tsp Cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground Cloves
1 tsp Salt
1/3 c chopped Pecans
2 c Rolled Oats

Preaheat oven to 400 degrees.
In a small skillet, combine raisins and water. Simmer over low heat for 20 minutes. Cool.
In a mixing bowl, combine shortening, eggs, sugar and vanilla. Cream well.
In another bowl, combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, spices and salt. Stir.
Chop up your pecans or other nuts.
Strain your raisins into a measuring cup. You will need 1/2 cup of the liquid. If you don't have enough, add a little water.
Add the liquid to the creamed mixture, stir.
Add in your dry ingredients about half at a time, until just mixed.
Stir in oats, raisins and pecans.
Scoop by heaping tablespoon onto cookie sheets.
Bkae 8 - 10 minutes, or until golden.

Enjoy!


This post is linked at: Made From Scratch Monday