Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
   5 1/4  cups          brown sugar -- firmly packed
   3 1/2  cups          granulated sugar
   1 3/4  cups          unsalted butter -- softened
   1      quart         plus 1 cup apple butter or applesauce
  14                    egg whites or 7 whole egg
     3/4  cup           plus 2 Tbs. skim milk
     1/4  cup           plus 1 Tbs. vanilla extract
  10 1/2  cups          all purpose flour
   2      Tbs.          plus 1 tsp. baking soda
   2      Tbs.          plus 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
   1 1/4  Tbs.          salt
   1 3/4  tsp.          nutmeg
   3 3/4  lbs.          quick or old fashioned oatmeal -- uncooked
   7      cups          raisins or dried mixed fruit -- diced if mixed fruit

Preparation:

Preheat oven to 350 F. Lightly spray a cookie sheet with nonstick cooking spray. Beat together sugars and butter until well blended. Add next 4 ingredients and beat well. Combine flour and next 4 ingredients in another bowl. Stir into sugar mixture. Stir in oatmeal and raisins and mix well. (Dough will be moist.) Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls onto prepared cookie sheet. Bake 10-12 minutes or until edges are light golden brown. Cool 1 minute on cookie sheet and remove to wire rack. Cool completely. Store in tightly covered container. Easy Bar Cookies: Spread dough evenly onto bottom of an ungreased 13x9 inch baking pan. Bake 25-30 minutes or until edges are light golden brown. Cool completely and cut into bars. Store tightly covered.

Because this recipe is for a particular size pan, it adjusts the number of servings only in multiples of 16.The instructions describe how to prepare the ingredients for one pan. There are enough ingredients to prepare 7 pans.

Nutritional Information:

calories 243, fat 4.1g, 15% calories from fat,