1/2 cup butter
1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
1 cup granulated sugar
2 eggs
1 Tbsp. vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. soda
3 cups oatmeal (old fashioned or quick cooking)
1 cup chopped toasted pecans
Thoroughly cream
shortening, butter, and sugar; add eggs and vanilla; beat well. Add dry ingredients and mix. Add oatmeal and nuts and mix well. Form into two logs about 1 1/2 inches in diameter. Wrap in waxed paper and freeze at least an hour and preferably overnight. When ready to bake, cut in thin slices about 1/8 to 1/4 inch thick and place on cookie sheets. Leave space between as they spread some. In the alternative, particularly if you do not have time to chill the dough, roll in one inch balls,
place on ungreased cookie sheet and flatten with a large glass dipped in sugar.
Put ice in the glass to make sugar cling. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes or
until lightly browned. They keep well in
an airtight container. Makes
approximately 5 dozen cookies.
These are Joel's favorite Christmas cookie. They are simple but very good. The Crisco is important as it makes a crisper cookie.
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