OATMEAL DROP COOKIES
From: Marye
Serves: About 6 dozen cookies  •  Prep: 20 min  •  Cook: 8–12 min at 400°

From Marye's spiral recipe notebook — a notebook of recipes Marye kept with grape-cluster illustrations on each page. This is page 16 of that notebook.

INGREDIENTS
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½ cup shortening
1¾ cups sugar
2 eggs
½ cup molasses
1¾ cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
2 cups rolled oats
½ cup chopped nuts
1 cup raisins

INSTRUCTIONS
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1. Preheat the oven to 400°F.
2. Mix together the shortening, sugar, eggs, and molasses.
3. Blend in the dry ingredients (flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon).
4. Add the rolled oats, nuts, and raisins.
5. Drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls about 2 inches apart on a cookie sheet.
6. Bake for 8 to 12 minutes.

[Photos in this folder: 18-20260524023106-oatmeal-drop-cookies.jpg, oatmeal-drop-cookies-notebook.jpg]
