Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 3/4 cup Flour
- 1 1/2 cup Oats (Quick)
- 1 teaspoon Baking soda
- 3/4 teaspoons Salt
- 1/2 cup Shortening (or subsititue with butter)
- 1/2 cup Butter (softened)
- 2 Eggs
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla
- 12 ounces Chocolate chips (1 package)
- 1 cup Nuts (optional)
Instructions
Pre-heat oven to 350*
Mix together the first four ingredients in a small bowl. Set aside.
In a large bowl cream together the shortening, butter, and sugars.
Add the eggs, one at a time, to the creamed mixture.
Add in the vanilla, chocolate chips, and nuts (optional) then beat well.
Mix the dry ingredients into the creamed mixture a little bit at time until fully incorporated.
Chill the dough for 20-30 minutes then use 2 spoons, or a cookie scoop, to drop 2-3 T size dough drops onto a parchment lined cookie sheet.
Bake the cookies for 13-18 minutes or until they have just started turning brown along the edges. Remove the cookies from the oven and let them sit on the baking sheet for 2 minutes.
Transfer cookie to a cooling rack.
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