Cookies & Bars
12 ingredients

Ingredients

  • 1 cup 2 sticks margarine or butter, softened
  • 1¼ cup firmly packed brown sugar
  • ½ cup granulated sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 tbsp milk
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 1¾ cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • ½ tsp optional salt
  • 2½ cup quick or old fashioned, uncooked Quaker Oats
  • 1 pkg 12 oz, 2 cups Nestle Toll House Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels
  • 1 cup optional coarsely chopped nuts

Method

  1. Heat the oven to 375 degrees F. Beat the margarine and sugar until creamy. Add the eggs, milk and vanilla; beat well. Add the flour, baking soda and salt; mix well. Stir in the oats, chocolate morsels and nuts; mix well.
  2. Drop by rounded measuring tablespoonfuls onto an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 9 to 10 minutes for a chewy cookie or 12 to 13 minutes for a crisp cookie. Cool 1 minute on the cookie sheet; remove to a wire rack. Cool completely.

Notes

Makes about 5 dozen 2 1/2 inch cookies.

Original card

The recipe above was transcribed from this scan of Vera’s original card.