Cookies

At our house, this recipe is just called Cookies because it is the one that everyone makes when they bake cookies...

3/4 cup shortening

1 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup water
1 tsp. vanilla
1 egg
1 cup flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. soda
3 cups quick oats
1/2 pkg mini chocolate chips
First Tip: Mini chocolate chips spread the chocolate more evenly throughout each cookie.

Cream shortening and sugars until light and fluffy. Second Tip: Cream for a long time with electric mixer. Add water, vanilla, egg and cream again until light and fluffy. Add flour, salt, and soda and mix until well blended. Add oats, one cup at a time, and blend well. Fold in the mini chocolates. Using a cookie scoop, drop rounded dough onto an ungreased cookie sheet. bake at 350º for almost 10 minutes.

Third Tip: Remove the cookies from the oven right before they have finished cooking. and then remove them from the cookie sheet. The cookies will continue to cook using their own heat. This will make the cookies soft and chewy.