Cowboy Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
- 2 cups sifted flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 cup quick oats
- 1 cup chopped pecans
- 1 cup vegetable shortening
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 eggs
- 1 (6 ounce) package milk chocolate chips
- Sift together flour, soda, salt & baking soda in a large bowl. Beat together shortening & sugar till creamy; (electric mixer works great) blend in vanilla & eggs till fluffy. (time to put electric mixer away and get some arm muscle) Mix in dry ingredients slowly & blend well. Stir in oats, chocolate chips & nuts. Drop by spoon onto cookied sheet sprayed with pam. Bake in preheated oven 350 degrees for about 8 minutes, Allow to cool for 1 minute then transfer to a cooling rack. They will seem a little soft at first, but they will harden up, but not so hard their crunchy, just chewy and wont fall apart.
flour, baking soda, salt, baking powder, oats, pecans, vegetable shortening, sugar, vanilla, eggs, milk chocolate chips
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/cowboy-oatmeal-chocolate-chip-cookies-473241 (may not work)