Clara's Oatmeal Cookies

Recipe Ingredients

2 cups	396g / 13oz	Sugar
1 cup	198g / 7oz	Shortening
2		Eggs
1 teaspoon	5ml	Vanilla extract
1 teaspoon	5ml	Baking soda - dissolved in
1 tablespoon	15ml	Cold milk
2 1/2 cups	156g / 5.5oz	Flour
1 teaspoon	5ml	Salt - or to taste
2 1/2 cups	592ml	Oatmeal
1/2 cup	46g / 1.6oz	Shredded sweetened coconut
1 cup	160g / 5.6oz	Raisins

Recipe Instructions

Heat the oven to 375 degrees. Grease a baking sheet.

Combine the sugar and shortening in a mixer. Add the eggs, vanilla and dissolved baking soda and beat until smooth.

Combine the flour and salt and slowly add to the wet ingredients. Pulse raisins in a food processor until chopped fine. Using a wooden spoon, stir in the oatmeal, coconut and raisins.

Flatten pieces of dough about the size of walnuts on the baking sheet, spaced 1 inch apart. Bake the cookies until they're golden and crisp, 15 to 20 minutes.

This recipe yields 48 cookies.

Each cookie: 115 calories; 79 mg sodium; 9 mg cholesterol; 5 grams fat; 1 gram saturated fat; 17 grams carbohydrates; 1 gram protein; 0.71 gram fiber.

Source:
The Los Angeles Times, 07-18-2001

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