selma's best oatmeal cookies

Ingredients

• Servings: 5
• 1 cup shortening
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 1/2 cups quick cooking oats
• 3/4 cup finely chopped walnuts
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Recipe

• cream together shortening, white sugar, brown sugar. then add 1 beaten egg.
• 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.
• cover and chill for an hour.
• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c).
• 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.