Date Oatmeal Cookies With Milk Chocolate Chips

• 1/4 cup shortening
• 3/4 cup butter, softened
• 1 1/3 - 1 1/2 cups brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 3 cups oatmeal (either old fashioned or quick cooking)
• 1 teaspoon apple pie spice
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 8 ounces chopped dates (sugared)
• 1 cup milk chocolate chips
• sugar, in the raw

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Cream the shortening, butter and sugar together. Add the eggs and vanilla. Mix together well.
3. Add flour, baking soda, spices and oatmeal. Mix in dates and chocolate chips.
4. Scoop out a tbsp of dough onto a parchement paper lined cookie sheet. Get 2 plates one with a bit of water on it and one with sugar in the raw. Dip the bottom of a glass in the water then in the sugar in the raw. Press this on top of the cookie just to flatten, repeat with each cookie.
5. Bake for 8-10 minutes.
6. Option: Instead of using milk chocolate chips get a chocolate bar break along the individual lines and lay on a cookie as it comes out of the oven. Top with another hot cookie and move to rack to cool.

shortening, butter, brown sugar, eggs, vanilla, flour, baking soda, either, apple pie spice, cinnamon, dates, milk chocolate chips, sugar

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/date-oatmeal-cookies-with-milk-chocolate-chips-375142 (may not work)