Categories: Cookies, Dessert

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine, softened
• 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon gratedorange rind or 1 tablespoon lime rind
• 2 tablespoons orange juice or 2 tablespoons lime juice
• 1 1/2 cups oats, uncooked
• 1/2 cup raisins
• 1/4 cup chopped pecans

Directions

1. In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter.

2. Add in the sugar and beat with an electric mixer on medium speed until mixture is light and fluffy.

3. Add in egg; beat well.

4. In another bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, and salt.

5. Add dry mixture to the creamed mixture; stir to mix.

6. Add in rind, juice, oats, raisins, and pecans; stir to combine.

7. Drop cookie dough by rounded teaspoonfuls onto a greased baking sheet.

8. Bake at 350° for 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned.

9. Let cool a couple minutes on cookie sheet, then transfer to a cooling rack to continue cooling.

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