Old-Fashioned Oatmeal Cookies
By: Helen Pitlick
Published: Friday, December 10, 2010 - 1:02am

Ingredients




1 cup sugar
3/4 cup lard
3 egg yolks
2 cups flour
2 cups oatmeal, old fashioned
1/2 cup raisins, chopped
1/2 cup walnuts, chopped
1 teaspoon soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
3 egg whites, well beaten

Preparation

1 Mix ingredients, add the egg whites last. This is a very stiff mixture - but do not moisten. Drop with tsp. 2 inches apart. Bake in moderate oven.

About


The recipe for these cookies is 150 years old; they use lard instead of butter or oil.