Old-Fashioned Oatmeal Cookies

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• 1 cup sifted all-purpose flour
• 1/8 teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 1/3 cups brown sugar, firmly packed
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 cups old-fashioned oats, uncooked
• ¼ teaspoon nutmeg 1-cup raisins
• ¾ cup shortening, softened

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Stir together flour, soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg into a bowl. Add shortening, sugar, eggs and vanilla; beat until smooth about 2 minutes. Stir in oats and raisins. Drop by heaping teaspoonfuls onto greased cookie sheets. Bake 10 to 12 minutes.

Makes about 3 ½ dozen cookies.