Selma's Best Oatmeal Cookies

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon baking soda 
• 0.5 cup brown sugar packed
• 1  eggs 
• 1.5 cups flour all-purpose
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 
• 1.5 cups cooking oats quick
• 1 cup shortening 
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 
• 0.8 cup walnuts finely chopped
• 1 cup sugar white

Equipment

• baking sheet
• oven

Directions

1. Cream together shortening, white sugar, brown sugar. Then add 1 beaten egg.
2. Sift together flour, baking soda, and ground cinnamon and add to first mixture. Then add quick rolled oats, finely crushed walnuts or pecans and vanilla.
3. Cover and chill for an hour.
4. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
5. Place walnut sized pieces of dough on a greased cookie sheet. Butter the bottom of a small glass, dip in sugar and flatten out the little pieces. You need not rebutter each time.
6. Bake for 10 minutes.