1 c (2 sticks) margarine or but 1/2 ts Salt (optional)
1 1/4 c Firmly packed brown sugar 2 1/2 c Quaker oats (quick or old-
1/2 c Granulated sugar Fashioned, uncooked)
2 x Eggs 2 c (1 12-oz. pkg.) semi-sweet
2 tb Milk Chocolate morsels
2 ts Vanilla 1 c Coarsely chopped nuts
1 3/4 c All-purpose flour (optional)
1 ts Baking soda
Heat oven to 375. Beat margarine and sugars until creamy. Add eggs,
milk, and vanilla; beat well. Add flour, baking soda and salt, mix
well. Stir in
oats, chocolate morsels and nuts; mix well. Drop by rounded measuring
tablespoons onto ungreased cookie sheet. (for easy bar cookies press
dough instead into bottom of ungreased 13 X 9 inch baking pan.) Bake
cookies 9 to 10 mins for chewy and 12 to 13 for crispy (bake bar
cookies 35 to 40 mins until light golden brown). Cookies: cool 1
min on cookie sheet; move to wire rack. Cool completely. ABout 5
dozen cookies.
Yields
60 servings
