Whole Wheat Oatmeal And Chocolate Chip Cookies

Total Time: 37 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 36
• 3/4 cup butter (i use crisco) or 3/4 cup shortening (i use crisco)
• 1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 large eggs (i use ener-g egg replacer)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 3/4 cups whole wheat pastry flour
• 2 cups rolled oats
• 1 cup chocolate chips (tropical source chocolate chips for vegans)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375°.
• 2 use a mixer to beat butter/shortening in a large mixing bowl; add sugars, baking powder and baking soda, and blend well.
• 3 add eggs (or egg replacer) and vanilla, mixing until combined.
• 4 finally, mix in the flour, and gradually add the oatmeal and lastly the chocolate chips.
• 5 if the mixture forms individual dry clumps, try adding a little water (i had that problem when i used egg replacer).
• 6 roll dough into tablespoon-sized balls, and place about 2-inches apart on a cookie sheet (i highly recommend the insulated sheets, or use two sheets layered on top of each other with the cookies on the top sheet).
• 7 bake for 10-12 minutes until the tops are brown.
• 8 let sit for several minutes before removing to cool on a wire rack.