I don't know who "Mom" is, but I love her recipe for these oatmeal cookies. This is a recipe that I got from my Grandma Greenhalgh. When she was going to make cookies, these are the ones that I wanted. I still remember the smell her hand mixer made right after we turned it on to cream the shortening and sugar together. It wasn't a bad smell, just the motor running I guess. It's kind of like turning the furnace on for the first time for the season. Just homey and comforting. Anyway, She'd make large batches of these and freeze them after they were baked and always seemed to have them on hand. After my Grandma died, I would make these for my Grandpa, and he would buy mini m&ms, peanut butter chips, butterscotch chips, raisins, and chocolate chips and we'd just put them all in there. They were GOOD. So be creative and add whatever sounds good to you in place of the chocolate chips.
Preheat the oven to 375.
Cream together until smooth and fluffy:
1 cup shortening
3/4 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup white sugar
Add and mix thoroughly:
2 beaten eggs
1 tsp vanilla
Mix in and stir just until mixed:
1 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp soda
1 tsp salt
1 tsp hot water
1 cup nuts (optional- my grandma always used walnuts and I loved them)
Then add:
1 pkg chocolate chips (or you can use 2 cups of raisins OR my favorite it to use 1 cup of raisins and 1 cup of chocolate chips)
2 cups oatmeal
Scoop onto an ungreased baking sheet and bake for 10 minutes.
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