This Spiced Oatmeal Cookies recipe is preserved from a typewritten card filed under Cookies in My Mom’s Recipe Box. Its original abbreviations, spacing, directions, yield, and visible nutrition line are retained as they appear on the card.
Original Recipe Card
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup margarine
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tbsp. vanilla
- 1 cup flour
- 1 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- 1/2 tsp. nutmeg
- 2 cups old-fashioned oats
- 1 cup raisins
Directions
In bowl beat margarine & sugars at high speed untilcreamy. Add egg and vanilla. Beat until light and fluffy, about 2 mins.In med. bowl combine flour cinnamon,soda,& nutmeg. Stir into margarine mixture until well blended.Stir in oats and raisins. Drop by tsp. onto greased cookie sheets. Bake at 350 deg. for 10-12 mins. until lightly browned.
Yield
Makes 4 dozen
Preservation Notes
This recipe is preserved on a typewritten index card. The scan retains the original abbreviations, missing spaces, punctuation, paper tone, and worn card edges.
Notes From the Original
The nutrition line reads “1 cookie=70 cal. Carb=12g Fat=2g Chol15m” and ends at the card’s right edge. Only the visible text is preserved; no missing character or unit has been supplied.
About My Mom’s Recipe Box
This recipe is part of My Mom’s Recipe Box, an ongoing preservation project dedicated to my late mother’s original recipe collection. Every effort is made to preserve the original wording, organization, handwritten notes, typewritten cards, magazine clippings, corrections, and other details exactly as they appeared in her recipe box. When clarification is helpful, it is provided separately so the original recipe remains preserved.
