Selma's Best Oatmeal Cookies

Try this easy recipe for oatmeal cookies with nuts.

• Calories: 160 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• ½ cup packed brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 cup shortening
• 1 ½ cups quick cooking oats
• ¾ cup finely chopped walnuts

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Step 2

Cream together shortening, white sugar, brown sugar. Then add 1 beaten egg.

Step 3

Sift together flour, baking soda, and ground cinnamon and add to first mixture. Then add quick rolled oats, finely crushed walnuts or pecans and vanilla.

Step 4

Cover and chill for an hour.

Step 5

Place walnut sized pieces of dough on a greased cookie sheet. Butter the bottom of a small glass, dip in sugar and flatten out the little pieces. You need not rebutter each time. Bake for 10 minutes.