Oatmeal Chip Cookies

Since several people requested the recipe for the cinnamon chip cookies via Facebook I thought the easiest way to share would be to post it on here. Thank you Dianne for the recipe - hope you don't kill me for sharing your family secrets! Our family favorite is to make these with butterscotch chips but when I used the cinnamon chips they were a hit this weekend. For those of you in Canada - you can only purchase cinnamon chips in the US, I've never seen them up here.

Dee's Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

Preheat oven to 350 F

Ingredients:
2 c. margarine
1 cup white sugar
1 cup brown sugar (packed or loose your choice)
1 tbsp Vanilla
5 eggs
2 1/4 tsp salt
2 1/4 tsp Baking Powder
2 1/4 tsp Baking soda
3 cups flour
3 cups oatmeal
2 regular size packages of chocolate chips (any flavor combination you like even peanut butter, butterscotch or toffee bits)
*to make this a chocolate chocolate chip cookie recipe add in 3 tbsps heaping of cocoa YUMMY**

Directions:

Cream shortening and sugars together until smooth then add the vanilla and eggs and combine until no longer clumpy.
Add in the salt, baking powder, and baking soda (and cocoa if desired) and mix well.
Add flour oatmeal and chocolate chips. Mix until all ingredients are combined.
Spoon drops onto a cookie sheet. Will make tons of cookies if smaller drops but they are also very good in large cookies.
Bake 12-15 minutes or until golden brown around the edges. Cool 2 minutes before removing from the pan and enjoy.