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Oatmeal Cookies

From Atlanta women's club cook book, 1921

Serves 4

Recipe by Mrs. Everett L. Lake, Wife of Governor of Connecticut.

A modern interpretation · AI-generated from the original record

Ingredients

  • 3 cups uncooked oatmeal
  • 1 cup raisins (chopped and floured)
  • 1 cup flour
  • 1 cup sugar
  • i/p cup buttermilk
  • % cup lard
  • 1 level t-spoon soda
  • 1 egg
  • Spices to suit taste

Method

  1. Mix ingredients and drop from a t-spoon upon a greased platter.

  2. Cook in a moderate oven, from fifteen to twenty minutes.

  3. The dough must be very stiff or the cookies will run together.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Atlanta women's club cook book (1921) by Atlanta woman's club, page 7. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

OATMEAL COOKIES. 3 cups uncooked oatmeal. 1 cup raisins (chopped and 1 cup flour. floured). 1 cup sugar. i/p cup buttermilk. % cup lard. 1 level t-spoon soda. 1 egg. Spices to suit taste

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