Orange Oatmeal Chews

Total Time: 51 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 36 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup quick-cooking rolled oats
• 3/4 cup flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1/2 cup butter flavor crisco
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 tablespoons grated orange rind
• 1/2 cup finely chopped pecans

Recipe

• 1 spread the rolled oats out on a cookie sheet and toast in a 350 degree oven for 10 minutes.
• 2 cool completely.
• 3 sift the flour, salt, soda and baking powder to- gether and set aside.
• 4 cream the crisco in a large mixing bowl and grad- ually add in both of the sugars, creaming well after each addition.
• 5 blend in the egg, vanilla and orange rind, mixing well.
• 6 stir in the dry ingredients; then the toasted oats and the pecans, mixing well after each addition.
• 7 drop the cookie dough by teaspoonfuls onto lightly greased cookie sheets.
• 8 bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes until golden brown.
• 9 cool on the cookie sheet for 1 minute, then remove the cookies to wire racks to finish cooling.