Ingredients
- 1 egg
- 475 gr quaker oats
- 220 gr firmly packed brown sugar
- 140 gr vegetable shortening
- 130 gr all purpose flour
- 100 gr granulated sugar
- 60 ml water
- 4 gr vanilla
- 3 gr salt
- 2 gr baking soda
Heat oven to 350'F. Beat shortening, suagrs, egg, water and vanilla until creamy. Add combined oats, flour, salt and baking soda; mix well. Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 12-15 minutes or until light golden brown. Remove to cooling rack; cool completely. Store tightly covered. Makes about 5 dozen cookies. MY OWN SPECIAL COOKIES: Add 1 cup of any or a combination of the following ingredients to basic cookie dough: raisins, chopped nuts, chocolate chips or coconut. Makes about 5 dozen cookies.
