Scotch Wafers

Description
These are well adapted for children's luncheons, and are much enjoyed by the convalescent, taken with a glass of milk.

Ingredients

 * 1 cup fine oatmeal
 * 1 teaspoon salt
 * 1 cup rolled oats
 * ⅛ teaspoon soda
 * 2 cups flour
 * ¼ cup butter or lard
 * ¼ cup sugar
 * ½ cup hot water

Directions

 * 1) First mix first six ingredients.
 * 2) Melt shortening in water and add to first mixture.
 * 3) Toss on a floured board, pat, and roll as thinly as possible.
 * 4) Shape with a cutter, or with a sharp knife cut in strips.
 * 5) Bake on a buttered sheet in a slow oven.