Categories: Cookies, Drop 
      Yield: 48 cookies 
  
      2 c  Sifted all-purpose flour 
      1 ts Baking powder 
    1/2 ts Soda 
    1/2 ts Salt 
      2 ts Ginger 
    1/2 ts Allspice 
    1/2 ts Cinnamon 
    1/2 c  Shortening; soft 
    1/2 c  Brown sugar, firmly packed 
      2    Eggs 
    1/2 c  Light molasses 
      1 c  Cooked oatmeal, cooled* 
  
  Sift together flour, baking powder, soda, salt and spices into bowl. 
  Add remaining ingredients.  Beat until smooth, about 2 minutes.  Drop 
  by teaspoonfuls onto greased cooky sheets.  Bake in preheated 
  moderate oven (375 F.) 12 to 15 minutes.  Remove from cooky sheets; 
  cool.  Sprinkle with confectioners' sugar, if desired. 
   
  *NOTE: Cook Quaker Oats (quick or old fashioned, uncooked) according 
  to package directions. 
   
  Source: Our Favorites for family and friends 
  Reprinted with permission from The Quaker Oats Company 
  Electronic format courtesy of Karen Mintzias