Uncle Jim's Oatmeal Cookies

Ingredients

170 gr buttermargarine
200 gr sugar
2 eggs
30 ml molasses
190 gr flour
3 gr cinnamon
3 gr baking soda
2 gr baking powder
1 gr salt
45 ml sour milk
475 gr rolled oats
85 gr raisins

Instructions

Cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at time, beating well after each addition. Beat in molasses. Sift together flour, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Add dry ingredients alternately with sour milk to creamed mixture, mixing well after each addition. Stir in oats and raisins. Drop mixture by teaspoonfuls about 5 cm apart on greased baking sheet. Bake at 350 10 to dozen minutes or until golden brown. Remove from baking sheets; cool on racks. SOURCE: Farm Journal's Great Home Cooking In America (pg. 173-174) ----