Oatmeal "rocks"

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       Title: Oatmeal "Rocks"
  Categories: Cookies
       Yield: 48 servings
  
       1 c  Shortening
       1 c  Sugar
       2    Eggs; beaten
       2 c  Flour
       2 c  Oatmeal; uncooked
       1 ts Baking powder
     1/2 ts Soda
       1 ts Cinnamon
     1/4 ts Salt
       1 c  Dates; or raisins
       1 c  Nuts; chopped
     1/4 c  Milk
  
   Recipe by: dsjn00a-
      Cream shortening and sugar.  Add eggs.  Mix the dry ingredients,
   sprinkle over the raisins and nuts and combine the mixtures, adding only
   enough milk to make a stiff dough. Drop on greased cookie sheet, 1 inch
   apart.  Bake 10-12 minutes in moderate oven, 350~.
  
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