1 c (2 sticks) margarine or but

1 1/4 c Firmly packed brown sugar

1/2 c Granulated sugar

2 x Eggs

2 T Milk

2 t Vanilla

1 3/4 c All-purpose flour

1 t Baking soda

1/2 t Salt (optional)

2 1/2 c Quaker oats (quick or old-

Fashioned, uncooked) 2 c (1 12-oz. pkg.) semi-sweet

Chocolate morsels 1 c Coarsely chopped nuts

(optional) Heat oven to 375. Beat margarine and sugars until creamy. Add eggs, milk, and vanilla; beat well. Add flour, baking soda and salt, mix well. Stir in oats, chocolate morsels and nuts; mix well. Drop by rounded measuring tablespoons onto ungreased cookie sheet. (for easy bar cookies press dough instead into bottom of ungreased 13 X 9 inch baking pan.) Bake cookies 9 to 10 mins for chewy and 12 to 13 for crispy (bake bar cookies 35 to 40

mins until light golden brown). Cookies: cool 1 min on cookie sheet; move to wire rack. Cool completely. ABout 5 dozen cookies.