Cream butter & sugars. Add eggs & vanilla. Mix. Combine baking soda, salt & baking powder with flour. Add oatmeal. Stir dry ingredients into creamed mixture until dry ingredients are moistened. Stir in chips, raisins & nuts by hand. Spread mixture in a 12x18-inch ungreased cookie pan or two 9x9-inch pans & bake at 350 for 20 minutes. (Do not overcook.) Cut into bars while warm. Bakes 60 bars. (Really good, moist & chewy.)

Sue Carter

From <Simply Southern>, the Desoto School Mothers' Assn, Helena-West Helena, Ar 72390. Downloaded from Glen's Mm Recipe Archive,