Subject: RECIPE: Oatmeal bars
From: [email-masked] (Betty Reid)
Date: 24 Oct 86 03:36:09 GMT
Newsgroups: mod.recipes

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.RH MOD.RECIPES-SOURCE OATMEAL-BARS D "6 Oct 86" 1986
.RZ "OATMEAL BARS" "Chewy rolled oatmeal bar cookies"
If I had ever dreamed that my oldest son would grow up to be the moderator
of mod.recipes, I might have taught him how to make these cookies when he
was young. They were his favorite cookies.
.IH "Serves 6 children"
.IG "1 cup" "shortening" "220 g"
.IG "1 cup" "brown sugar" "200 g"
.IG "1 cup" "granulated sugar" "190 g"
.IG "4" "eggs,"
beaten well
.IG "1 tsp" "vanilla extract" "5 ml"
.IG "1\(12 cups" "white flour," "150 g"
sifted
.IG "1 tsp" "salt" "5 ml"
.IG "1 tsp" "baking soda" "5 ml"
.IG "2 cups" "quick-cooking oats" "150 g"
.IG "\(12 cup" "chopped walnuts" "40 g"
(optional)
.PH
.SK 1
Preheat oven to
.TE 350 175 .
.SK 2
Cream shortening and sugars. Add eggs and vanilla. Beat well.
.SK 3
Sift flour, salt, and soda and add to creamed sugars. Add oatmeal and nuts,
and mix well.
.SK 4
Spread evenly into a greased 
.AB "13\(mu9\(mu2-inch" "33\(mu22\(mu4-cm"
baking pan. Bake at 
.TE 350 175
for 20 minutes.
.SK 5
While still warm, cut into squares and remove from pan.
.SH RATING
.I Difficulty:
easy.
.I Time:
10 minutes preparation, 20 minutes baking.
.I Precision:
Measure the ingredients.
.WR
Betty Reid
Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford, Conn. USA
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