Oatmeal Butterscotch Cookies

• 3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) butter or margarine,softened
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 3/4 cup packed light brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3 cups quick-cooking oats
• 1-3/4 cups (11-oz. pkg) HERSHEY'S butterscotch chips

1. Heat oven to 375 degrees F.
2. Beat butter , granulated sugar and brown sugar in large bowl until well blended. add eggs and vanilla; beat well. Combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt; gradually add to butter mixture, beating until well blended. Stir in oats and butterscotch chips; mix well.
3. Drop by heaping teaspoons onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until golden brown. cool slightly; remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely. About 4 dozen cookies.

Peanut Butter Drop Cookies

• 1/4 C. butter or margarine
• 1/4 C. milk
• 1 C. granulated sugar 
• 1/4 C peanut butter
• 1/2 t vanilla 
• 1 1/2 C. quick cooking oatmeal

Mix butter, sugar, and milk in a saucepan; bring to a boil, and boil for 1 minute. Remove from heat. Stir in peanut butter, vanilla, and oatmeal. drop by teaspoonful's onto waxed paper and chill in the refrigerator until firm.

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Oatmeal Mini Pieces Cookies

2/3 cup shortening (or a combo of unmelted butter and shortening)
1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
1/3 cup granulated sugar
1 egg
1/2 t vanilla
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 t baking soda
1/2 t salt
2 T milk
1 1/2 cups rolled oats
1 1/3 cups (10 oz package) Reese's Mini Pieces Candy

Heat oven to 350.  Lightly grease cookie sheet or use parchment paper.

Beat shortening and sugars in large bowl until fluffy.  Add in egg and vanilla.  Stir together flour, baking soda and salt; add alternately with milk to sugar mixture.  Stir in oats and candy pieces.  Drop by spoonfuls onto cookie sheets.

Bake 12-15 minutes or until lightly browned.  Cool on wire racks.

(found on back of Reese's mini pieces bag)

Oatmeal

Deep Dish Cobbler

1 box yellow cake mix (butter recipe is great)
1 cup quick oats
1 1/4 cups pecans
3/4 cup butter, melted
2 cans berries (drained) or other fruit, enough to cover pan

Preheat oven to 350. Mix cake mix, oats, nuts and butter together in bowl. Put about 1/2 of the mixture in a well-greased cake pan and flatten, until it covers the bottom. Place fruit on top and then sprinkle rest of topping over fruit.

Bake for 30 minutes or until golden brown. Serve with ice cream, if desired.

Hamburgers

1 pound hamburger meat (20% or less fat)
1/2 cup instant oats
1/2 cup barbeque sauce
2 t. garlic salt

Mix all ingredients together in a large bowl. Pat out into four to six patties, depending on how fat you want the hamburgers to turn out. Cook in a deep frying pan, turning after 7 minutes on each side, until meat is no longer pink inside.

Serve on buns with cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, onions or whatever you please.

Banana Oatmeal Cookies

 

• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 t baking soda
• 1 t salt
• 1/4 t nutmeg
• 3/4 t cinnamon
• 3/4 cup shortening
• 1 egg
• 1 cup mashed very ripe bananas (2-3 large as brown as can be are the best)
• 1 3/4 cups quick cooking oats
• 1/2 cup chopped nuts

Sift together flour, sugar, soda, salt, nutmeg and cinnamon. Cut in shortening. Add the rest of the ingredients. mix until thoroughly blended. Drop by spoonfuls on ungreased sheets. Bake at 350 for 15 minutes. Remove from pan immediately and cool.