Homemade oatmeal raisin cookies

Homemade oatmeal raisin cookies

1 1/2 cup crisco

2 cups brown sugar

1 cup sugar

2 eggs

1/2 cup water

2 tsp vanilla

6 cups of uncooked oats (quick)

2 1/2 cups flour

2 tsp salt

1 tsp baking soda

2 tsp cinnamon 

1 1/2 cups raisins 

Heat oven to 350. 

Beat shortening, sugars, eggs, water, vanilla until creamy. Add combined remaining ingredients and mix.

 I bake for 11 min, then rotate pans from front to back and top to bottom rack in the oven. Cook another 4 min and check to see if done. For variety add nuts, chocolate chips or coconut. Makes 60 cookies.