Shirley's Recipes

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Name: Double Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies
Key Ingredient: oats
Preparation: mix; bake
Cuisine: American
Source: flour package
Food Group: cookies
Meals: lunch, snack, picnic
Courses: dessert
Temperature: room
Effort: easy
Prep. Time: :20
Elapsed Time: 1:00
Servings: 60

1-1/2 cups granulated sugar
1 cup (2 sticks) margarine or butter, softened
1 egg
1/4 cup water
1 teaspoon vanilla
1-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/3 cup cocoa
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 cups quick-cooking oats
1 (6 ounce) package (1 cup) semi-sweet chocolate chips

Heat oven to 350F. Mix sugar, margarine, egg, water and vanilla. Stir in remaining ingredients. Drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls about 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake until almost no indentation remains when touched, 10 to 12 minutes. Immediately remove from cookie sheet. Makes about 5-1/2 dozen cookies.