Mom's Chocolate Chip Cookies With A Twist

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 3/4 cup sugar or 1/4 cup splenda sugar blend for baking
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 2 cups quick-cooking oats
• 0.5 (12 ounce) package miniature semisweet chocolate chips
• 0.5 (12 ounce) package dark chocolate chips

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 deg. sift flour, salt and soda together in bowl and set aside.
• 2 cream the butter, shortening, and sugars. mix in eggs, vanilla & almond extract with an electric mixer. slowly add flour mix to butter mix and mix well. mix in oatmeal. using a wooden spoon, stir in chocolate chips.
• 3 bake on a nonstick cookie sheet for 8-10 minute or until light brown. cool on sheet for about 2 min; remove and finish cooling on wire rack. eat warm with plenty of milk!
• 4 *variation: to make gigantic cookies, place about 1/2 cup of dough on the mid-left of a cookie sheet and squish to make about a 4 inches diameter; repeat with mid-right of sheet. bake 10-15 minutes; remove from pan after 2-5 min to cool on wire rack.