Oatmeal MM Cookies recipe

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Ingredients

½ cup butter flavored shortening
⅔ cup brown sugar
⅓ cup white sugar
1 egg
¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
¼ teaspoon almond extract
1 ½ cups rolled oats
1 cup all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
1 cup candy-coated milk chocolate pieces

Nutrition Info

149.5 calories
carbohydrate: 20.3 g
cholesterol: 9 mg
fat: 6.9 g
fiber: 0.9 g
protein: 1.8 g
saturatedFat: 2.4 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 65.7 mg
sugar: 12.3 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).

  2. In a large bowl, cream together the shortening, brown sugar and white sugar until smooth. Beat in the egg and vanilla until well blended. Combine the oats, flour, baking powder and salt, stir into the creamed mixture. Mix in the candy-coated chocolate pieces. Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets.

  3. Bake for 10 minutes in the preheated oven, until light golden brown.

Recipe Yield

2 dozen

Recipe Note

This is one of my favorite cookie recipes. The almond extract gives the cookie a unique flavor that makes them, in my opinion, a little better than the rest. Because I like these cookies so much, I usually make them twice their normal size.

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