Selma'S Best Oatmeal Cookies
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A home-kitchen version of selma's best oatmeal cookies, written step by step so it's easy to follow that's worth the oven time.

Ingredients
- 1 c. shortening
- 1 c. white sugar
- 1/2 c. brown sugar
- 1 beaten egg
- 1 1/2 c. flour
- 1 tsp. soda
- 1 tsp. cinnamon
- 1 1/2 c. quick rolled oats
- 3/4 c. fine chopped walnuts or pecans
- 1 tsp. vanilla
Method
Mix together shortening and sugars; add egg.
Now sift together flour, soda and cinnamon.
Add to first mixture.
Now add oats, walnuts or pecans and vanilla.
Chill for 1 hour.
Put walnut-sized pieces on a greased cookie sheet.
Butter the bottom of a small glass.
Dip it in granulated sugar and flatten out the little pieces.
Just keep doing this; you don't need to rebutter the glass bottom each time, just resugar each time.
Bake at 350° for ten minutes.
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