Oatmeal Chocolate Chip or Hillary Clinton's Cookies
Hillary Clinton's Cookies
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Prep Time 10 minutesminutes
Cook Time 10 minutesminutes
Total Time 20 minutesminutes
Servings 36
Author Cookie Madness
Ingredients
1 ½cupsall-purpose flour
1tspsalt
1tspbaking soda
½cupbutter flavored shorteningnon-hydrogenated works, or Crisco
½cupbuttercut- up and kind of cold
1cupfirmly packed light brown sugar
½cupgranulated sugar
1teaspoonvanilla
2large eggs
2cupsold fashioned rolled oats
12ouncesof semisweet chocolate chips
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Combine the flour, salt and baking soda and set aside.
In a large mixing bowl, beat together shortening, butter, sugars and vanilla, scraping bowl often, until smooth. Add eggs, beat until light and fluffy. Stir in flour mixture and rolled oats until well blended, then stir in chocolate chips. Drop batter by well-rounded teaspoonfuls on to greased (or parchment lined) baking sheets. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until golden.
Let the cookies cool on sheets on wire rack for 2 minutes. Remove cookies to wire rack to cool completely.