I remember mother's oatmeal cookies, enhanced with pecans from the homeplace in east Texas and raisins.  When my kids were late for the school bus and had to skip a sitdown b'fast, I'd send them down the lane with cookies and milk.  They'd leave the ...

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Oatmeal cookie recipe from my 1950s cookbook (a gift from my mother who'd had hers for decades).   I use brown sugar instead of white, and add softened raisins and chopped walnuts.  When the kids were about to miss the bus, I'd give each of them one ...

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Homemade oatmeal cookies, with 50/50 white and whole wheat flour, softened raisins, toasted pecans or walnuts, brown sugar.  They used to be a remedy for a no-breakfast morning when the kids would miss the bus if they didn't hurry.