Cowboy Cookies

Recipe Source: “Keep Cooking –
The Maine Way” by Marjorie Standish

• 2 sticks margarine
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 2 eggs
• 2 cups sifted flour
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1/2 tsp. baking powder
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 2 cups uncooked oatmeal
• 1 cup chocolate bits or raisins

Cream shortening and vanilla, add sugars gradually, beat until smooth and creamy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat until light and creamy.

Sift dry ingredients together. Add flour mixture to creamed mixture. Stir in the uncooked oatmeal – this will be a crumbly mixture. Fold in chocolate bits or raisins. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto greased cookie sheets. Bake at 350 for 10 to 12 minutes. Makes about 7 dozen cookies.