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Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Bars

Shared by Darline (Dot) Baker Smith

A family memory

The Story Behind It

I received this recipe from my sister, Lettie Baker Wilson.

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Ingredients

1 cup oatmeal
1 ½ cups boiling water
1 ½ cups butter
1 cup white sugar
1 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
1 ¾ cups flour
1 tsp soda
½ tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
1 cup chocolate chips

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Directions

Pour the 1 ½ cups boiling water over the oatmeal and let sit.
Cream butter, eggs and sugars. Mix well.
Mix in dry ingredients and stir well. Stir in oatmeal mixture.
Add chocolate chips and mix well.
Bake in a greased jelly-roll pan at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.
Cool and frost with chocolate frosting.