Name: Old Fashioned Oatmeal Cookies
Prep time: 16 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h
Ingredients: 3/4 cup shortening or butter; 1 cup brown sugar; 1/2 cup sugar; 1 egg; 1 tbsp water; 1 tsp vanilla; 1 cup all-purpose flour; 1 tsp salt; 1/2 tsp baking soda; 1 tsp cinnamon; 2 1/2 cup oats; 1 cup raisins (optional); 1 cup Dark Chocolate Chips (optional)

Old Fashioned Oatmeal Cookies.

You can have Old Fashioned Oatmeal Cookies using 13 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Old Fashioned Oatmeal Cookies

You need 3/4 cup of shortening or butter.
You need 1 cup of brown sugar.
It's 1/2 cup of sugar.
Prepare 1 of egg.
Prepare 1 tbsp of water.
Prepare 1 tsp of vanilla.
Prepare 1 cup of all-purpose flour.
Prepare 1 tsp of salt.
Prepare 1/2 tsp of baking soda.
Prepare 1 tsp of cinnamon.
Prepare 2 1/2 cup of oats.
Prepare 1 cup of raisins (optional).
It's 1 cup of Dark Chocolate Chips (optional).

Old Fashioned Oatmeal Cookies instructions

Cream shortening and sugars..
Add egg and water, mix.
Sift together flour, salt, soda and cinnamon. Mix into creamed butter mixture..
Stir in vanilla, oats and raisins or chocolate chips..
Bake at 350°F for 12 - 15 minutes. Makes about 5 dozen cookies..