1 cup butter or shortening

2 cups firmly packed brown sugar

1 tsp. vanilla

2 eggs

1 tsp. soda

1/2 tsp. salt

2 cups flour

2 cups quick oats

Blend the first four ingredients until smooth in texture. Add the flour, soda and salt in a sifter and slowly add to the creamed mixture. Add the oats, slowly beating the mixture until it is all combined. (We like to put chocolate chips, nuts or coconut in our recipe.)

Drop by teaspoon on buttered baking sheet. Bake in hot oven (400*) about 10 minutes.

-Nelda Gilmore-Chase