Old-Fashioned Oatmeal Cookies

Ingredients

1 cup sugar
3/4 cup lard
2 cups flour
2 cups oatmeal, old fashioned
1/2 cup raisins, chopped
1/2 cup walnuts, chopped
1 teaspoon soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
3 egg whites, well beaten

Preparation

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Mix ingredients, add the egg whites last. This is a very stiff mixture - but do not moisten. Drop with tsp. 2 inches apart. Bake in moderate oven.
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About

The recipe for these cookies is 150 years old; they use lard instead of butter or oil.

Yield:

36.0 servings

Added:

Friday, December 10, 2010 - 1:02am

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