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     Title: Ouaker's Best Oatmeal Cookies
Categories: Cookies
     Yield: 54 servings

 1 1/4 c  Margarine
   3/4 c  Sugar, brown; packed
   1/2 c  Sugar; granulated
     1    Egg
     1 ts Vanilla
 1 1/2 c  Flour, all-purpose
     1 ts Baking soda
     1 ts Salt; optional
   1/4 ts Nutmeg; optional
     1 ts Cinnamon
     3 c  Oatmeal; uncooked

 Preparation Time: 0:30
     Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.  Beat margerine and sugar together until
 fluffy.  Beat in egg and vanilla. Combine flour, baking soda, salt and
 spices; add to margerine and sugar, mixing well. Stir in oatmeal. Drop by
 rounded tablespoons onto a ungreased cookie sheet.  Bake 8-9 minutes for a
 chewy cookie., 10-11 minutes for a crisp cookie. Cool 1 minute on cookie
 sheet; rempve to wire rack for cooling. Store in tightly covered container.
 Makes approximately 4 1/2 dozen or 54 cookies.

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