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Paula Deen's Loaded Oatmeal Cookies

Submitted By Pamela Ann Gatlin Schulz
Ingredients:

Yield: about 5 dozen
½ cup butter, softened
½ cup vegetable shortening
1½ cups packed light brown sugar
2 eggs
½ cup buttermilk
1¾ cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
½ tsp salt
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp ground ginger
1 tsp freshly ground nutmeg
1 tsp ground cinnamon
¼ tsp ground cloves
½ tsp ground allspice
2½ cups quick-cooking oatmeal
1 cup raisins
1½ cups chopped walnuts
1 tsp vanilla extract
Brown Butter Icing
Preheat oven to 350°F.

Grease cookie sheets. Using an electric mixer,
cream together butter, shortening, and sugar in a
bowl until fluffy. Add eggs and beat until mixture is
light in color. Add buttermilk. Sift together flour,
baking soda, salt, baking powder, ginger, nutmeg,
cinnamon, cloves, and allspice; stir into creamed
mixture. Fold in oatmeal, raisins, walnuts and
vanilla, blending well. Drop by rounded teaspoon
onto cookie sheet. Bake for 12-15 minutes. Drizzle on
warm cookies.

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