Oatmeal Cookies

Total Time: 22 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup shortening
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 tablespoons water
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 3 cups oats

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 and lightly grease cookie sheet
• 2 mix shortening, brown and sugars
• 3 add eggs, vanilla, salt, soda and water and mix well
• 4 depending on my mood i add cinnamon here, about 1-2 tsp.
• 5 mix in flour.
• 6 add oats and mix some more
• 7 bake at 350 for 12 mins (check at 10) and spray pan between batches to prevent sticking.
• 8 you can reduce the amount of vanilla depending on your taste, i tend to like a little more.
• 9 add in chocolate chips for really yummy oatmeal chocolate chip cookies, and/or nuts. these are thin enough that adding in whatever sound good to you at the moment works well.