The Vegas Table: A Las Vegas Restaurant and Food Blog

I have fond memories of these oatmeal cookies.  They are great with some peanut butter spread on them.

3/4 cup shortning
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 cup and 2 T flour
1 t baking powder
1/4 t salt
1/3 cup milk
1 t cinnamon
1 t vanilla
1 cup raisins
3 cups oats

Cream shortenting and sugar.  Beat in eggs one at a time.  Sift together flour, baking powder, salt cinnamon.  Add to creamed mixture.  Add milk. Stir in vanilla. Mix in raisins and oats.  Drop from teaspoons onto greased cookie sheet.  Bake in medium hot oven 375 for 15 minutes.