Something Yummy for Saturday

Addendum... John sent this after seeing today's recipes...Thank you sir.

Chocolate Oatmeal Cake

1   cup  Oatmeal, uncooked ½  cup  Shortening 2          Eggs ½  cup  Cocoa ½  tsp   Salt

1½  cups   Boiling water 1½  cups   Sugar 1     cup    Flour 1     tsp     Flour 1     tsp     Vanilla

Procedure

1   Grease and flour pan.

2   Mix oatmeal in boiling water.

3   Cool.

4   In a large bowl cream shortening and sugar and eggs.

5   Add Oatmeal mixture, flour, cocoa, baking soda, salt, and vanilla.

6   Pour into pan.

7   Bake.

Yield: 9" x 13"

Oven Temperature: 350°F

Cooking Time: 35 minutes

Source: Ruth Cole Jackson

Oatmeal drops.

3     cups   Quick cooking oatmeal 1/3  cup    Chunky peanut butter 1     tsp     Vanilla 1     tsp     Salt

1   cup    Butter 2   cups  Sugar ½  cup    Milk 3   T      Cocoa

Procedure

1   In large bowl, pour oatmeal.

2   In large saucepan, combine all the ingredients EXCEPT Quick cooking oatmeal.

3   Bring to a boil.

4   Boil only ONE MINUTE.

5   Pour at once over oatmeal.

6   Mix well.

7   Drop by tablespoonfuls on waxed paper.

Source: Ethel Underwood Meeker

Chocolate Chip Cookies, "Mrs. Fields"

You will need a very large mixing bowl for this recipe.

2  cups   Butter 2  cups   Brown sugar 2  cups   Sugar 2  tsp     Vanilla 4           Eggs 1  cup    Hershey candy bar, grated. Freeze before grating or 2 bags Chocolate chips

4  cups   Flour Jan used 2 cups of white flour and 2 cups of wheat flour 1  tsp     Salt 2  tsp     Baking powder 2  tsp     Baking soda 5  cups   Oatmeal              Nuts, chopped

Procedure

1   Grease cookie sheets.

2   In large bowl, cream together: butter and sugars.

3   In a small bowl, beat together eggs and vanilla.

4   Add to creamed mixture.

5   Add remaining ingredients.

6   Bake. "Cookies won't look done".

Oven Temperature: 375°F

Cooking Time: 6 minutes

Source: Jan Bates Read