Special Oatmeal Cookies

A home-style recipe for Special Oatmeal Cookies from Dale's Recipe Book.

AmericanOtherEasy12 min

Ingredients

Servings
4
  • 1 1/2 cups flour
  • 1 tsp. soda
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • 2 tsp. ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg
  • 1 cup shortening
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp. lemon extract
  • 3 cups quick cooking oats, uncooked
  • 1 cup chopped pecans

Instructions

  1. 1

    Combine first 5 ingredients, set aside.

  2. 2

    Cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy; beat in eggs and lemon extract.

  3. 3

    Add flour mixture, mixing well.

  4. 4

    Stir in oats and pecans.

  5. 5

    Shape dough into 1 inch balls, and place on lightly greased cookie sheets.

  6. 6

    Bake at 350 for 10-12 minutes.

Tags

americandales-recipe-book

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