Due to popular demand, zee recipe for my "Double the Chocolate Chips Cookies!"
INGREDIENTS:
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 cup shortening (I use these little pre-measured Crisco shortening packs)
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 eggs
- 2 cups Quaker Rolled Oats
- 2 BAGS semisweet chocolate chips
DIRECTIONS
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C).
- Combine flour, salt and baking soda. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, beat shortening, sugars and vanilla until creamy. Add eggs and beat until light and fluffy.
- Gradually stir in flour mixture.
- Stir in rolled oats and chocolate chips. (I use my hands for this!)
- Teaspoon onto baking sheets. Bake for 8-10 minutes or till golden. I let cookies cool on sheets for 2 minutes. Transfer to wire racks to cool completely.
I hate 'fessing up, but this recipe is actually a twist on Hilary Clinton's cookie recipe! I've been making these since she had her bake-off with Barbara Bush some years ago. (Okay, I just looked it up and it was 1992!! Thanks for finding this, Mom!) I just double the original amount of chocolate chips she calls for, hence the name of my cookies. Also, this is one of the few recipes I will actually follow to a T - because it never fails! Makes about 64 cookies (16 cookies per 4 cookie sheets). Once cooled, I stick them in a freezer bag and freeze them. Then when I want a few, I simply pop 'em in the microwave for about 10 seconds. The chocolate chips melt just right and are sooo good!
*Still perfecting the White Chocolate Macadamia cookies pictured. They're good, but don't have my stamp of approval...yet. Lucky for Shrek, I will continue my quest to perfect them over time ;)
