Place apples in a deep oven pan. Sprinkle with lemon juice and bake at 325 for 10 to 15 minutes. to soften. Combine oats, flour, brown sugar, salt, butter and spices. Sprinkle on top of applies. Bake for about 20 minutes. or until softened and browned.
I have no idea if these cookies were based on the oatmeal cookies from Dad’s Cookie Company out of St. Louis that started making them shortly after the turn of the 20th C. All I know is that Mom used to make them regularly, and they do contain rolled oats.
Cream together the margarine and sugars. Sift all dry ingredients together. Work in the butter and sugar mix and form balls. Do not press. Bake at 325 F for 12 minutes.
This has to be a favorite in almost every family that ever made homemade cookies.
Cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Beat in eggs and water. Mix flour, cinnamon and salt. Add flour mix to butter mix. Add oats, raisins and nuts. Drop onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 375 F for 15 minutes or till light brown.
Crispy oatmeal cookies are always a delight. These ones are extremely easy to throw together.
Butter cookie sheets. Preheat oven to 325ºF.
Beat egg until light. Beat in sugar. Stir in butter, oatmeal and salt. Drop by teaspoonfuls 1-1/2″ apart. Flatten with knife dipped in cold water. Bake about 10 minutes till golden.
Yield: 36 cookies.
These easy-to-make chocolate and oats treats were always a great favorite in our household while growing up.
Combine cocoa, milk, butter, sugar and salt together in pot and bring to boil. Remove from heat and add oats, walnuts and vanilla. Stir well. Drop onto waxed paper and cool.
Combine oats, butter salt and 3 cups boiling water. Let mixture cool to lukewarm. In a small bowl let the yeast, 2 T lukewarm water, and sugar sit for 15 minutes or till foamy. Stir this into the oats mixture, add the molasses and 8 cups flour, or enough to make a stiff dough.
Knead for 2 minutes, put in a well-buttered large bowl, and turn it to coat. Let dough rise, covered, for 1 hour or till doubled. Punch down and let rest for 5 minutes. Form the dough into 2 loaves and place in 2 buttered loaf pans. Let rise, covered, for 45 minutes. Bake in a preheated 350ºF oven for 50-60 minutes. Cool on a rack.
Also known as Matrimonial Cake, these date squares were one of Mom’s standby desserts that we all loved.
Mix oats, flour, baking powder, 3/4 cup brown sugar, and salt. Rub in the margarine. Press 2/3 of mix firmly into bottom of greased 8″ pan.
Boil the dates with a little water and 2 T brown sugar until soft. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla.
Spread carefully on top of the oat and flour base in pan. Cover with rest of the oat and flour mix, this time pressing it only very slightly into dates.
Bake at 300 F for about 40 minutes.
