3/4 cup low ft margarine, room temp
1 cup white sugar
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
2 each egg whites, slightly beaten
1 1/2 cup all purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
1 1/2 cup oats, uncooked
1 cup raisins
1 tsp vanilla
Directions
In a large mixing bowl, beat margarine and sugars until light and
fluffy. Add egg whites. In a medium size bowl, combine flour, baking
soda, cinnamon and nutmeg; add to sugar mixture. Stir in oats,
raisins and vanilla. Chill 1 hour. Preheat oven 350F. Roll a teaspoon
of dough into a ball and place on an ungreased cookie sheet. Grease
the bottom of a glass with margarine, dip glass in sugar and use to
flatten ball of dough. continue, leaving adequate space between
cookies. Bake 10 min. Cool on racks. Cal: 61, fat: 1 g.
Servings: 55 servings
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