C is for Cookie

I got a delicious cookie recipe from a friend, Jan in Texas. The cookies I made last night and are a hit. Thank you! Here it is.

Natalie Scott’s Chocolate Chip Cookies

In your mixer, combine:
One stick of butter flavored Crisco (I use the pre-packaged kind...that way you always get the right measurement!)
2 eggs
3/4 cup white sugar
3/4 cup light brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla
Beat together until very light and fluffy (this is important!), then add:
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
Heaping 1/2 cup quick oats
Heaping tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt

Mix till just combined, then add 1 cup each of semi-sweet, white, and milk chocolate chips. ***You can really use any kind...today I used butterscotch chips because I'd run out of white. Also, for the semi-sweet I often use the Nestle chocolate chunks instead of chips. Mix the chocolate chips in well (but don't over mix). I use a Tablespoon to measure out chunks of dough and roll between the palms of my hands to make perfect balls. Place (don't push them down or squish'em) on an ungreased cookie sheet in a preheated 375 degree oven and bake 7-9 minutes.+ Remember what I said about undercooking them. You definitely don't want to see the tops browning. I end up doing 8 minutes with mine.

And voila! A bit undercooked; I then leave them on the sheet for at least 5 minutes where they actually bake a bit more, but at a cooler temperature obviously :) Cool completely on wax paper.

***We only like milk and white chocolate, so we just do half of each of those to total 3 cups.

+I bake for 10 minutes, sometimes 11 and then let them finish up for 5 minutes or so on the cookie sheet

Any other winning recipies, send them my way!