Famous old recipe oatmeal cookies

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       Title: Famous Old Recipe Oatmeal Cookies
  Categories: Cookies
       Yield: 60 servings
  
     3/4 c  Shortening
       1 c  Brown sugar, packed
     1/2 c  Granulated sugar
       1    Egg
     1/4 c  Water
       1 ts Vanilla
       3 c  Oats; uncooked
       1 c  Flour
       1 ts Salt
     1/2 ts Soda
  
      Beat together shortening, sugars, eegg, eater and vanilla until creamy.
   Add combined remaining ingredients; mix well. Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls
   ontio greased coookie sheet. Bake in preheated moderate oven (350 deg) for
   12 to 15 minutes. (For variety add chopped nuts, raisins, choc. chips or
   cooconut) Makes about 5 dozen cookies. Recipe - very old from an oatmeal
   box.
  
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