Oatmeal Crisps(Pat's Crispy Oatmeal Cookies)

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Oatmeal Crisps (Pat's Crispy Oatmeal Cookies)

Recipe By : Woman's Day (19xx)
Serving Size : 42 Preparation Time :0:12
Categories : Sweets

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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3/4 cup margarine -- softened
3/4 cup light brown sugar
1/2 cup sugar
1 large egg
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1 1/4 cups quick-cooking oats
1/2 cup chopped nuts (optional) -- finely chopped
1/2 cup raisins, seedless (optional) -- moist

Cream butter and sugars until fluffy with electric mixer. Beat in egg,
vanilla and salt.

By hand, stir in flour, a 1/4 cup at a time. Stir in oats. (Add nuts and/or
raisins now.)

Crop by rounded teaspoons about 2 inches apart. They will spread. But if
you want them thinner still, flatten each one with a glass bottom that's
been coated in granulated sugar.

Bake at 350.
About 12 minutes (not too dry!) but browned.
Cool on wire rack.
Yield: 3-4 dozen

If raisins are dry, they will draw moisture from batter as they bake. So
use real fresh or plumb them with a little boiling water; drain.


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from phannema@wizard.ucr.edu in S. Calif.