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Cream well:  1 cup brown sugar
1 cup white sugar
1 cup shortening  (I like them best if I use 1/2 Crisco and 1/2 butter or             margarine)
Add 2 beaten eggs and 1 tsp. vanilla
Sift together 1 cup flour
1/2 teas. salt and 1 tsp soda
Add to creamed mixture.  Add 4 cups oatmeal
Add:  1 cup raisins (Recipe said they should be chopped but I don’t always)
1 cup cut up dates
1 cup chopped pecans
1 cup cocoanut
Drop by tsp. on greased cookie sheet
Bake approx 10 min. at 325-350