This recipe has been in our family for generations. It makes the best oatmeal cookies ever. Really.
1 1/2 cups flour
1 t baking soda
1 t salt
2 t cinnamon
3/4 cup shortening (I use butter, I’m sure my grandmother used lard…)
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
3 C Old Fashioned Quaker Oats (you can use Quick, but I prefer Old Fashioned)
couple tablespoons of powdered sugar for flattening cookies
Makes about 3-4 dozen, depending on size.
Cream shortening, both sugars, and eggs. Preferably in a lovely KitchenAid mixer. I heart my Red KitchenAid mixer. (Yes, I realize my grandmother mixed her cookies by hand, but I had to go tangential there for a minute. They are still authentic traditional oatmeal cookies if you use a mixer. Trust me!)
Add the rest of the incredients (except the powdered sugar). Mix well. Drop cookies onto greased cookie sheet.
Put some powdered sugar in a bowl. Try not to makes a mess like I did.
If it’s Christmas time and you use a red bowl, so much the better. 
Flatten the cookies with a fork dipped in powdered sugar.
Bake for 8 to 10 minutes at 350 degrees.
Serve with an ice cold glass of milk. (and if you think that’s all the cookies I ate, you’re sadly mistaken! 
) You can also substitute a nice glass of wine for the cold glass of milk. Both work well as a side beverage. 
Enjoy.
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Well, you probably can guess my side beverage! :smile: That is a completely different recipe from mine, I may just have to try it. I even have the perfect red bowl!
Oatmeal cookies are my favorite! I never feel bad about eating them, afterall they contain many of the essential food groups, such as dairy and grains. At Christmas I like to add chopped maraschino cherries for a festive color. Doughboy likes his cookies with raisins. Mmmmmm…I think I just worked myself up to making a batch! Almost certainly I will be sipping a glass of crisp, fruity Reisling while watching my mixer do its magic.
Sounds like a plan for a rainy afternoon here . . . thanks!
I love the red dishes!!! (The cookies look yummy, too!)
I LOVE oatmeal cookies.
But I gave up on trying to find a recipe. They always turned out too dry.
I WILL try yours, since you have stuck with this one for so long. But I’m adding raisins.
I love and adore oatmeal cookies. I think they’re my favorite cookie. Maybe. Well, except when I’m craving chocolate. Which I am this morning…
We made these yesterday, too. With chocolate chips;)
Yummm….I’m going out to buy oatmeal right now.
Yum! My hubby does the Christmas cookies. He baked 8 dozen this morning! Started at 7am and finished just before noon. Thanks for sharing your family recipe!
Thet look realy good Kacey!
Yummy yum yum!!!
I love oatmeal cookies! My favorites have raisins or dried cranberries in them. This recipe sounds delicious.
On Baby! Oh Baby! I love oatmeal cookies. I really love them when they are warm with a glass of milk. Watch out thighs here they come. Oh yeah, I have gotten mine in the mail. ?????