Making Mama's Kitchen: Cookies for Santa: Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

When I got home from work on Christmas Eve, I realized we were missing one important thing - cookies for Santa! So I did what any mama would do - whipped out my Santa apron, Betty Crocker cookbook, and mixed up a batch of oatmeal chocolate chip cookies.

Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients:

- 2/3 c. sugar

- 2/3 c. packed brown sugar

- 1/2 c. butter, softened

- 1/2 c. shortening

- 1 t. baking soda

- 1 t. ground cinnamon

- 1 t. vanilla

- 1/2 t. baking powder

- 1/2 t. salt

- 2 large eggs

- 3 c. old-fashioned oats

- 1 c. flour

- 1 c. mini chocolate chips (can substitute raisins, chopped nuts, or semisweet chocolate chips, if desired)

Directions:

1. Heat oven to 375 degrees. In a large bowl, mix all ingredients except oats, flour, and chocolate chips. Stir in oats, flour, and chocolate chips.

2. On an ungreased cookie sheet, drop dough by rounded spoonfuls about 2 inches apart. Bake 9 to 11 minutes or until light brown. Cool on wire racks, share with your family/friends, and be sure to keep a few for ole St. Nick! I usually make a double batch, drop the dough by spoonfuls onto a cookie sheet, then freeze until hard and put in gallon freezer bags. That way, we have homemade cookies just minutes away anytime we have guests.