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Oatmeal Cookies

From Monique Kraemer
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Ingredients
  

  • 1 ½ cups (300 g) white sugar
  • 1 ½ cups (300 g) brown sugar
  • 1 cup butter or margarine, softened
  • 1 cup shortening, softened (204 g lard)
  • 4 eggs
  • 2 Tbsp milk
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract

Dry

  • 2 cups (250 g) all-purpose flour
  • 2 cups (260 g) wheat flour
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2 tsp baking soda
  • 4 cups oatmeal
  • 2 cups chocolate chips or 1 c. chocolate and 1 c. butterscotch chips

Instructions
 

  • Cream white sugar, brown sugar, butter, and shortening together. Beat in eggs one at a time, until well combined. Add milk, and vanilla; beat well.
  • Combine dry ingredients--white flour, wheat flour, salt, baking soda, oatmeal, and chips--and add to wet ingredients; mix well. 
  • Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets. (Refrigerate dough between batches.)
  • Bake at 375°F for 8-9 minutes for a chewy cookie or 10-12 minutes for a crisp cookie. Cool 1 minute on cookie sheets; remove to wire rack. Cool completely. Store tightly covered.