Resourceful Recipes - Part 4, Leftover Cooked Cereal

Ideas for Using Leftover Cooked Cereal:
1) Add to hamburgers or meatloaf
2) Make "Ginger Softies" (recipe follows).

Recipe for Ginger Softies:
5 1/2 cups sifted flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1 TB ginger
1/2 tsp allspice
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
3/4 cup shortening
3/4 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 cup molasses
1 & 1/2 cups cooked oatmeal, cooled
Raisins, if desired

Cream shortening and sugar. Add eggs. Add dry ingredients alternately with molasses. Stir in oatmeal and rest of ingredients. Blend well. Cover and refrigerate overnight. Work with half of dough at a time. Turn out onto floured board. Roll to 3/8" thickness. Cut with a cookie cutter. Place on a greased cookie sheet and bake at 350 degrees F for about 12 minutes. Makes about 3 dozen cookies.