Spiced Oatmeal Cookies

• 1/2 cups Shortening
• 1/2 cups Unsalted Butter, Softened
• 1 cup Granulated Sugar
• 1 cup Brown Sugar
• 2 whole Eggs
• 1 teaspoon Vanilla
• 1-1/2 cup Flour
• 1 teaspoon Salt
• 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
• 1/2 teaspoons Ground Cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoons Ground Cloves
• 1/2 teaspoons Dried Ground Ginger
• 1/2 teaspoons Ground Allspice
• 1/2 teaspoons Ground Nutmeg
• 3 cups Dry Quick-cooking Oatmeal

1. With a mixer, cream the shortening, butter, granulated sugar, and brown sugar. Add in the eggs and vanilla and beat well.
2. In a separate bowl, whisk the flour, salt, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, ginger, allspice, and nutmeg.
3. Stir dry ingredients into wet mixture, until just combined. Fold in the oatmeal.
4. You could also add any or all of the following: raisins, chocolate chips, nuts, dried cranberries, etc. Use your imagination!
5. Mix well. Spoon onto a greased cookie sheet or parchment paper and bake at 350u0b0F for 10 minutes.

shortening, unsalted butter, sugar, brown sugar, eggs, vanilla, flour, salt, baking soda, ground cinnamon, ground cloves, ground ginger, ground allspice, ground nutmeg

Taken from tastykitchen.com/recipes/desserts/spiced-oatmeal-cookies/ (may not work)