Nutty Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

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Title: Nutty Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
Categories: Cookies
Yield: 45 servings

1 c Margarine; (2 sticks) at
-room
Temperature
1 1/2 c Packed dark brown sugar
1 c Granulated sugar
1 ts Vanilla; (1 to 2)
2 Eggs
1 1/2 c All-purpose flour
1 ts Baking soda
1 ds Salt
1 ts Ground cinnamon
1 ds Ground nutmeg
1 Generous cup raisins
1 Generous cup chopped walnuts
Or walnut halves
3 c Uncooked rolled oats

Recipe by: St. Louis Post-Dispatch 12/2/96 Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

With electric mixer, beat together margarine and sugars until creamy. Add
vanilla and eggs; beat until smooth. Stir in flour, baking soda, salt,
cinnamon and nutmeg; mix until smooth.

By hand, stir in raisins, walnuts and rolled oats.

Drop dough by heaping teaspoons onto parchment-lined cookie sheets. Bake 12
to 14 minutes or until cookies are lightly and evenly browned. Leave on
cookie sheets for 1 minute before removing to wire racks to cool
completely.

Yield: 45 cookies. Helen Hurst, Mehlville.

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