Recipe for "oatmeal-bars"

NAME

     OATMEAL-BARS - Chewy rolled oatmeal bar cookies
     If I had ever dreamed that my oldest son would grow up to be
     the moderator of mod.recipes, I might have taught him how to
     make these cookies when he was young. They were his favorite
     cookies.

INGREDIENTS (Serves 6 children)

     220 g     shortening
     200 g     brown sugar
     190 g     granulated sugar
     4         eggs, beaten well
     5 ml      vanilla extract
     150 g     white flour, sifted
     5 ml      salt
     5 ml      baking soda
     150 g     quick-cooking oats
     40 g      chopped walnuts (optional)

PROCEDURE

          (1)  Preheat oven to 175 deg. C.
          (2)  Cream shortening and sugars. Add eggs and vanilla.
               Beat well.
          (3)  Sift flour, salt, and  soda  and  add  to  creamed
               sugars. Add oatmeal and nuts, and mix well.
          (4)  Spread evenly into a greased 33x 22 x 4-cm  baking
               pan. Bake at 175 deg. C for 20 minutes.
          (5)  While still warm, cut into squares and remove from
               pan.

RATING

     Difficulty: easy.  Time: 10 minutes preparation, 20  minutes
     baking.  Precision: Measure the ingredients.

CONTRIBUTOR

     Betty Reid
     Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford, Conn. USA
     {decwrl!mejac,yale,princeton}!spock!breid