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Ingredients
2 cups shortening ( it’s good to use ½ butter and ½ shortening or ALL BUTTER) 2 cups white sugar 2 cups brown sugar 4 eggs 2 t. vanilla 3 cups flour 2 t. baking soda 1 t. salt 6 cups oatmeal 1 cup raisins 1 cup chopped nuts
Directions
Heat oven to 360 degrees. Soak raisins in hot water 30-40 minutes. Drain. Mix with first 8 ingredients and mix. Stir in remaining 3 ingredients. Drop by mounded tablespoons onto a cookie sheet. Bake 15 minutes. Take out before they look done and let stand 5 minutes on cookie sheet. History of recipe: Kathryn Propst’s “ McKinney’s Oatmeal Cookies” recorded by her charming self from having morning coffee at McKinney’s Café on High Street in Jefferson City MO in the 1960’s
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