Orange Oatmeal Chews - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup quick-cooking rolled oats
3/4 cup flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 cup Butter Flavor Crisco
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 tablespoons grated orange rind
1/2 cup finely chopped pecans

Preparation

Spread the rolled oats out on a cookie sheet and toast in a 350 degree oven for 10 minutes.
Cool completely.
Sift the flour, salt, soda and baking powder to- gether and set aside.
Cream the Crisco in a large mixing bowl and grad- ually add in both of the sugars, creaming well after each addition.
Blend in the egg, vanilla and orange rind, mixing well.
Stir in the dry ingredients; then the toasted oats and the pecans, mixing well after each addition.
Drop the cookie dough by teaspoonfuls onto lightly greased cookie sheets.
Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes until golden brown.
Cool on the cookie sheet for 1 minute, then remove the cookies to wire racks to finish cooling.