Oatmeal Apple Cookies
Author: Paulus Family
Ingredients
- ¾ c shortening
- 1¼ c firmly packed brown sugar
- 1 egg
- ¼ c milk
- 1½ vanilla
- 1 c flour
- 1¼ t cinnamon
- ½ t salt
- ¼ t baking soda
- ¼ t nutmeg
- 3 c quick oats (not instant or old fashioned)
- 1 c peeled, diced apple
- ¾ c raisins or craisins (optional)
- ¾ c chopped walnuts (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees and grease cookie sheet.
- Combine sugar, shortening, egg, milk and vanilla in a large bowl. Beat at medium speed until well blended.
- Combine flour, cinnamon, salt, soda and nutmeg in a small bowl and mix into creamed mixture at low speed until just blended.
- Stir in oats, apples, raisins, and nuts.
- Drop rounded teaspoons of dough about 2 inches apart onto greased cookie sheets.
- Bake for approximately 13 minutes.
- Cool for 1-2 minutes on cookie sheet, then remove cookies to cooling rack.
