Oatmeal Drop Cookies

Hannah Hanayo Will Nardini, Class of 1944

• 1 cup Crisco, butter or margarine
• 2 cups brown sugar, well packed
• 2 eggs, well beaten
• 1 tsp baking soda dissolved in 1/4 cup hot water
• 1 tsp vanilla flavoring
• 2 cups flour
• 2 cups oatmeal
• 1/2 cup chopped nuts, optional
• 1/2 cup raisins, optional

Cream shortening and brown sugar well. Add the well beaten eggs, dissolved baking soda and vanilla and mix well. Stir in flour, oatmeal, nuts and/or raisins. Drop by teaspoonfuls on greased cookie sheet. Bake in 400 degree oven for about 15 minutes.

Yield: About 5 dozen cookies