Mum.

Mum Chenoweth’s Oatmeal Cherry Cookies

Heat oven to 350 degrees.

Mix:

• 1 cup Crisco ("butter flavor" is the best)
• 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• ½ cup sugar

This will get fluffy.  

Then add:

• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

This will incorporate, at which time you will add:

• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 and ½ cup of all-purpose flour

Once this is a paste or mixture, add:

• 3 cups of old fashioned oats
• 1 and ½ cups of dried cherries (or cranberries or dried blueberries or raisins).  If you like, soak the dried fruit in rum.

Spoon onto ungreased cookie sheet and baked for 12 minutes.

Most important:  After the cookies have cooled, they go into a brown paper bag for storage.

Thanks, Mum.

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