Shelly's Recipe

DAMN GOOD COOKIES

Category: Cookies

1 cup shortening
1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar
3 eggs
1/2 cup peanut butter
2 tbsp water
2 tsp vanilla
1 tsp baking soda, baking powder and salt
1 1/2 cups flour
3 cups rolled oats
1 cup coconut, semi-sweet chocolate chips, butterscotch chips

Preheat oven to 350. Cream shortening and sugars together, add eggs. Mix in peanut butter and water. Gradually add dry ingredients, except oatmeal. Stir in remaining ingredients. Drop by tsp onto cookie sheet. Bake 10 minutes.

Stir sugar, butter, eggs & vanilla into melted chocolate. Stir in flour and baking powder. Stir in reserved chopped chocolate. Drop by 1/4 cupfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets. Bake 12-14 minutes or until cookies are puffed and feel set to the touch. Cool on cookie sheet 1 minute. Transfer to wire rack to cool completely. (About 1 1/2 dozen)