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Apple Orchard Easy Cookies

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I use a medium scoop for these cookies.

Ingredients

1 stick margarine
2 cups sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons flour
1 cup apples, unpeeled, grated
3 cups oatmeal
1 cup walnuts, chopped
1 teaspoon vanilla
Sugar and cinnamon mixture, for rolling

Instructions

Melt margarine. Stir in sugar, salt, flour and apples. Bring to a boil and boil 1 minute. Remove from heat. Add oats, nuts and vanilla. Stir, then cool. Roll spoonsful of dough in cinnamon and sugar, then drop onto waxed paper. Cover, refrigerate and serve; no baking required.

Margo Brooks, Erie


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