Chocolate Oatmeal Raisin Cookies - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. shortening
1 1/3 c. sugar
2 eggs
2 c. flour
1/3 c. Hershey's cocoa
1 tsp. soda
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 c. milk
2 c. quick uncooked oatmeal
1 c. raisins
1 c. chopped nuts

Preparation

Heat oven to 350\u00b0.
Lightly grease cookie sheet.
In large mixing bowl, beat shortening and sugar until creamy.
Add eggs; blend well.
Stir in together flour, cocoa, soda and salt; also cinnamon.
Add alternately with milk to shortening mixture.
Beat well after each addition.
Gradually stir in oats, raisins and nuts.
Drop by spoonfuls onto prepared cookie sheet.
Bake 10 to 12 minutes.
Remove; cool 1 minute.
Remove from cookie sheet onto a wire rack to cool.
Yield: about 5 dozen.
Very good.