Old Fashioned Oatmeal Cookies

Total Time: 27 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 60
• 2 1/2 cups uncooked old fashioned oats
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 cup brown sugar, packed
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Recipe

• 1 cream shortening and sugars until light and fluffy.
• 2 beat in eggs and vanilla.
• 3 combine dry ingredients and gradually beat them in until just combined.
• 4 drop by level tablespoonfuls 2 inches apart onto greased cookie sheets.
• 5 bake 10-12 minutes at 375 degrees or until golden brown.
• 6 cool 5 minutes on the cookie sheets.
• 7 transfer to racks to cool.
• 8 as a pan cookie, use a jelly roll pan and bake 25 minutes.