SHARON'S OATMEAL COOKIES REVISED

Sharon's Oatmeal Cookies Revised image

Provided by Sharon Colyer @Cmom02

Categories Cookies

Number Of Ingredients 13

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- cooking spray, shortening, or parchment paper
1/2 cup(s) unsalted butter
1/4 cup(s) light stick margarine (i used blue bonnet)
3/4 cup(s) brown sugar, firmly packed or splenda brown sugar
1/4 cup(s) granulated sugar or splenda
1 large egg
1 teaspoon(s) vanilla extract
1 cup(s) unbleached all-purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon(s) salt
1/2 teaspoon(s) baking soda
3 cup(s) uncooked oatmeal
1/4 cup(s) dried cranberries, chopped (or other dried fruit, nuts, chocolate chips, or coconut), optional
1/4 to 1/3 cup(s) water, a little at a time, if mixture seems dry

Steps:

Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease or spray cookie sheet or use parchment paper.
Beat together ¾ cup shortening or other fat, sugars, egg, water, & vanilla ext., until creamy.
Mix together flour, salt, baking soda & make sure that it is mixed well. Add oatmeal to this dry mixture; mix well.
Add dry mixture to wet mixture about 2 cups at a time; stirring well after each addition. You may add some water here, if mixture seems too dry.
Add in any fruit or nuts, at this time, if desired. Mix well. May also add some water after optional add-ins, if mixture is too dry.
Drop by rounded teaspoonsful onto greased cookie sheet or parchment paper lined cookie sheet.. (I used about 1 ½ teaspoonsful per cookie.) Bake for about 12 mins. Cool on wire rack.