Recently my Nana passed away (well it has been six months now but I still feel like she is away visiting my Aunt in California). I miss her but haven't come to grips yet that she really is not coming home. Through the process of losing her, I have been given the privilege of having her old cook books. I love them. I thumb through them often and I love seeing her hand writing, spills and stains in the margins of the books. They make me feel warm and that she is still with me. So I bake, and cook with her recipe books. with her stoneware bowls and wooden spoons. Everything always tastes better when it comes from her. The funny thing with this baking morning, the cookies disappeared before they had their turn in front of my lens. You will just have to take my word for it that they were yummy and always the best when eaten warm!
(taken from the Personal Recipes 1957 edition. Sponsored by St. Paul's Women's Church Year, Brockville, Ontario).
1/4 c. shortening
1/4 c. butter
1/2 c. brown sugar
1/2 tsp. baking soda
2 tbsp. hot water
1 c. rolled oats
1 c. flour
1/2 tsp. vanilla
1/4 tsp. grated nutmeg
Cream the shortening and butter, add sugar and cream together well. Mix soda with hot water, add with rolled oats and flour, vanilla and nutmeg. Mix together well. Mixture should be quite thick. Place small teaspoons of mixture, one inch apart on well greased baking sheet. Press down with fork. Bake for five to six minutes in 375F. Yield 3 dozen cookies.
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