Anthony's Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients:
● 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
● 1 tsp. salt
● 1 tsp. baking soda
● 1/2 cup shortening, SmartBalance or other non-transfat veggy shortening
● 1/2 cup butter
● 1 cup packed brown sugar
● 1/2 cup white sugar
● 1 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
● 2 eggs
● 2 cups rolled oats, Old-Fashioned - NOT INSTANT!
● 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips, 12 ounce bag of chocolate chips

Description:
This recipe is VERY close to the original Hillary Clinton Cookie Recipe. The slight changes are my take - my improvements - on the recipe.

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C). It's best to use a silpat on a cookie sheet.

Combine flour, salt and baking soda.

Beat together shortening, sugars and vanilla in large bowl with electric mixer until creamy. Add eggs and beat until light and fluffy.

Gradually beat in flour mixture. Stir in rolled oats until mixed well, but careful not to macerate the oats. Hand stir in the chocolate chips.

Drop batter by rounded teaspoons onto baking sheets. Bake for 8-10 minutes or till golden. Cool cookies on sheets for 2 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool completely.

Tip: To make them chewy - even when they are refrigerated - Cook until edges are slightly brown and remove from oven. They may look a little underdone in the very center. Leaving them on the cookie sheet for the required two minutes will further cook them just the right amount.