Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies Recipe
Ingredients
1/2 cup shortening
1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 egg
1/4 cup water
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup all purpose flour
3 cups quick cooking oats
1/3 cup cocoa
1/2 teaspoon soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 package (6 ounces) semisweet chocolate pieces
Directions
Heat oven to 350°.
Mix shortening, butter, sugar, egg, water and vanilla.
Stir in remaining ingredients.
Drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls 1 inch apart onto ungreased baking sheet.
Bake until almost no imprint remains when touched with finger, 10 to 12 minutes.
Remove immediately from baking sheet; cool.
(Can be served immediately.) Wrap, label and freeze.
20 minutes before serving, remove Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies from freezer and unwrap.
Place on serving plate; thaw uncovered at room temperature.
Mix shortening, butter, sugar, egg, water and vanilla.
Stir in remaining ingredients.
Drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls 1 inch apart onto ungreased baking sheet.
Bake until almost no imprint remains when touched with finger, 10 to 12 minutes.
Remove immediately from baking sheet; cool.
(Can be served immediately.) Wrap, label and freeze.
20 minutes before serving, remove Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies from freezer and unwrap.
Place on serving plate; thaw uncovered at room temperature.