Oatmeal Cookies

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Cream shortening and sugar. Mix soda into milk. Add wet ingredients, then stir in dry ingredients. Put spoonfuls on baking sheet. Bake at 350° F for 10 minutes.

• 1 cup shortening
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 Tbs. molasses
• 1 Tbs. milk
• 1 tsp. soda
• 2 ½ cups oatmeal
• ½ tsp salt
• 1 ¼ cups flour

Ruth Lund, Haynes recipe