Ingredients:


1 c. butter or Crisco
3/4 c. granulated sugar
3/4 c. brown sugar
3 fresh eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 c. raisins, chocolate chips, or nuts
1/2 c. peanut butter
2 c. oatmeal
2 c. flour
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt

Cooking Instructions


Heat oven to 350°. Cream shortening, butter, sugar (you may substitute 1 tsp molasses added to 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar if no brown sugar on hand), eggs, vanilla, peanut butter, vanilla, cinnamon and raisins, nuts and/or chocolate chips. Add dry ingredients in order listed. Makes about 5 dozen if you drop Tablespoon balls of dough onto cookie sheet. Recipe made for sea level, not high altitude.

Note: From my children's Grandmother, in Nome, Alaska.