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  • Serves: 5 Dozen

Quaker's: Famous Oatmeal Cookies

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Category: Cookies

 Ingredients List

  • 1/2 c Vegetable shortening
  • 1 c Firmly packed brown sugar
  • 1/2 c Granulated sugar
  • 1 Egg
  • 1/4 c water
  • 1 ts vanilla
  • 3 c QUAKER Oats uncooked
  • -(quick or old fashioned)
  • 1 c all-purpose flour
  • 1 ts salt (optional)
  • 1/2 ts baking soda
  • Heat oven to 350 F. Beat shortening, sugars, egg, water and vanilla until
  • creamy. Add combined dry ingredients; mix well. Drop by rounded
  • teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 12 to 15 minutes. Remove to
  • cooling rack, cool completely. Store tightly covered.
  • VARIATIONS: My own special Cookies: Add 1 cup of any or a combination of
  • the following ingredients to basic cookie dough: raisins, chopped nuts,
  • chocolate chips or coconut. ABOUT 5 DOZEN
  • Large Cookies: Drop by rounded measuring tablespoonfuls onto ungreased
  • cookie sheet. Bake 15 to 17 minutes. ABOUT 2-1/2 DOZEN
  • Bar Cookies: Press dough onto bottom of ungreased 13x9-inch baking pan.
  • Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool completely; cut
  • into bars. Store tightly covered. ABOUT 2 DOZEN
  • Ice Cream Sandwich Cookies: Drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls onto
  • ungreased cookie sheet. Flatten with bottom of glass dipped in granulated
  • sugar. Bake 8 to 9 minutes or until light golden brown. Remove to cooling
  • rack; cool completely. Spread 2 tablespoons softened ice cream on bottom
  • side of one cookie; top.
  • High Altitude Adjustments: Add an additional 1/4 cup flour and bake as
  • directed.
  • Nutrition Information: Each Cookie (regular size) Calories 70, Calories
  • From Fat 27, Total Fat 3g, Saturated Fat 1g, Cholesterol 5mg, Sodium 10mg,
  • Total Carbohydrates 10g, Dietary Fiber 0g, Protein 1g
  • From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini

 Directions



Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05

Title: Quaker's: Fiesta Bread
Categories: Breads
Yield: 8 Servings

BREAD
1 c QUAKER Oats uncooked
-(quick or old fashioned)
1 1/4 c All-purpose flour
2 ts Baking powder
3/4 ts Baking soda
1/2 ts Ground cumin
1/2 ts Chili powder
1/2 ts Salt (optl)
2 tb Margarine, chilled
1/4 c Green onions (about 2)
-thinly sliced
1 md Jalapeno, seed/fine chop
-or l tb green chilies,
-canned, chopped
1 c Nonfat plain yogurt
2 Egg whites, lightly beaten

SPREAD
4 oz Cream cheese, softened
-fat-free
2 tb Picante sauce or salsa
1 tb Thinly sliced green onion

Heat oven to 425 F. Lightly spray 10-inch oven proof skillet or cookie
sheet with no stick cooking spray or grease lightly. For bread, in large
bowl, combine dry ingredients; mix well. Cut in margarine with pastry
blender or two knives until mixture resembles course crumbs. Stir in
onions, jalapeno pepper, yogurt and egg whites, mixing just until
moistened. Turn out onto well floured surface; knead gently 8 to 10 times.
Pat dough evenly into prepared skillet or into 9-inch circle on prepared
cookie sheet. Bake 13 to 16 minutes or until golden brown. For spread,
blend all ingredients; mix well. Cut bread into wedges; serve warm with
spread.

Nutrition Information: l/8 of bread and 2 teaspoons spread Calories 170,
Calories From Fat 35, Total Fat 4g, Saturated Fat 1g, Cholesterol 5mg,
Sodium 380mg, Total Carbohydrates 26g, Dietary Fiber 2g, Protein 9g


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