Grandma's Oatmeal Drop Cookies

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1 1/4 cups sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 6 tablespoons molasses
• 1 3/4 cups flour, sifted
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups rolled oats
• 1 cup raisins

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 400°f.
• 2 first, mix the following together thoroughly in a blender: shortening, eggs, sugar and molasses.
• 3 ** i find its easier to measure the molasses when hot, so i stick the bottle in the microwave for a few seconds, and heat up my metal measuring spoon on the stove (careful).
• 4 second, in a separate bowl, sift together the following: flour, soda, salt and cinnammon.
• 5 after these are sifted, slowly add them to the mixer with the ingredients from the first step.
• 6 mix until fairly smooth, no lumps.
• 7 fold in the oats and raisins.
• 8 this is pretty tough on the mixer, so unless you have a good one, you may want to do this by hand.
• 9 to bake, drop rounded teaspoonfuls (or whatever size cookies you want) on a lightly greased baking sheet, approx 2" apart.
• 10 i like to press the center of the cookie down a bit, so it cooks evenly.
• 11 cook for approximately 8 minutes.
• 12 notes: the cookies should be very soft, and even look un-cooked when you take them out of the oven.
• 13 -don't worry, let them cool, and you'll be rewarded with an amazing, chewy, tasty cookie.
• 14 -of course, if you prefer hard cookies, cook approx 2 minutes longer, but i recommend the chewy version.