Oatmeal Refrigerator Cookies

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups sifted flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1 cup shortening
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
• 2 eggs, well beaten
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 cups quick-cooking rolled oats

Recipe

• 1 sift together flour, soda, and salt.
• 2 cream shortening; add sugars gradually; beat until light; add eggs and vanilla.
• 3 blend together dry ingredients and shortening mixture.
• 4 add oats.
• 5 sharpe dought into rolls 2 inches in diameter. wrap tightly in waxed paper and chill thoroughly.
• 6 may be frozen at this point.
• 7 cut into 1/8 inch slices; bake 1 1/2 inch apart on ungreased baking sheet in hot oven (400 degrees) 6-8 minutes.
• 8 cool on racks.