Scotch Wafers

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) Mix together the first six ingredients.
 * 2) Melt shortening in some water and add to the first mixture.
 * 3) Turn onto a floured board, pat down, and roll out 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.