Slice And Bake Oatmeal Scotchies

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup shortening
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 2 cups brown sugar, firmly packed
• 2 cups sugar
• 4 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 6 cups old fashioned oats
• 3 cups flour
• 1 cup chopped nuts or 1 cup golden raisin
• 1 (11 ounce) package butterscotch chips

Recipe

• 1 in a large mixing bowl, beat together the shortening, butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar.
• 2 add eggs, one or two at a time, beating well.
• 3 beat in vanilla.
• 4 in another bowl, stir together the soda, salt, oats, and flour.
• 5 stir by hand into the shortening mixture.
• 6 stir in the nuts or raisins and butterscotch chips.
• 7 put several large spoonfuls of dough onto a sheet of waxed paper.
• 8 roll into a log, 2 inches in diameter; leave waxed paper on.
• 9 repeat to make more cookie-dough logs.
• 10 chill, at least overnight.
• 11 heat oven to 350 degrees.
• 12 thickly slice and bake the dough on ungreased baking sheets for about 7 minutes.
• 13 (if not chilled, dough can be dropped by tablespoonfuls).
• 14 bake up to 10 minutes for crisper cookies.
• 15 note:.
• 16 the dough will keep for a couple weeks, rolled up in the refrigerator (seal the waxed paper bundles in a plastic bag) then you can slice and bake them any time.