Soft Oatmeal Cookies

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Title: Soft Oatmeal Cookies
Categories: Cookies
Yield: 40 servings

1/2 c Margarine
1 c Sugar
2 lg Eggs
1 ts Vanilla
1 1/2 c Oatmeal (not inst)
1 1/2 c Flour
1/2 ts Baking soda
1/2 ts Baking powder
1/2 ts Salt
1 ts Cinnamon
1/2 ts Ground allspice
1/4 c Milk
1 c Raisins
1 c Nuts; chopped

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease some cookie sheets. Combine the
butter and sugar in a mixing bowl, and beat until thoroughly blended. Add
the eggs and vanilla, and beat until light and fluffy, then stir in the
oatmeal. Stir and toss together the flour, baking soda, baking powder,
salt, cinnamon and allspice, and add them to the first mixture along with
the milk. Beat until completely mixed. Stir in the raisins and nuts. Drop
the dough by heaping teaspoonsful onto the prepared cookie sheets, placing
them about 2 " apart, and bake for about 12 minutes, or until the edges are
brown.

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