Gumdrop Cookies - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. flour
1/2 tsp. soda
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 c. shortening
1/2 c. brown sugar
1/2 c. white sugar
1 egg
1 c. oatmeal
1 tsp. vanilla
1/4 c. chopped walnuts
1/2 c. gumdrop (small flavored ones are best chopped)

Preparation

Sift together the dry ingredients.
Cream the shortening, the 2 sugars and vanilla.
Add the egg.
Mix together the dry and creamed mixtures and add the nuts, oatmeal and cut-up gumdrops.
Make into balls and put on a greased cookie sheet.
Bake at 350\u00b0 for 10 to 12 minutes.