Easiest Way to Make Delicious Old Fashioned Oatmeal Cookies

Old Fashioned Oatmeal Cookies.

You can have Old Fashioned Oatmeal Cookies using 13 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Old Fashioned Oatmeal Cookies

1. You need 3/4 cup of shortening or butter.
2. It's 1 cup of brown sugar.
3. You need 1/2 cup of sugar.
4. Prepare 1 of egg.
5. Prepare 1 tbsp of water.
6. It's 1 tsp of vanilla.
7. It's 1 cup of all-purpose flour.
8. Prepare 1 tsp of salt.
9. You need 1/2 tsp of baking soda.
10. Prepare 1 tsp of cinnamon.
11. Prepare 2 1/2 cup of oats.
12. Prepare 1 cup of raisins (optional).
13. Prepare 1 cup of Dark Chocolate Chips (optional).

Old Fashioned Oatmeal Cookies step by step

1. Cream shortening and sugars..
2. Add egg and water, mix.
3. Sift together flour, salt, soda and cinnamon. Mix into creamed butter mixture..
4. Stir in vanilla, oats and raisins or chocolate chips..
5. Bake at 350°F for 12 - 15 minutes. Makes about 5 dozen cookies..