Hillary Clinton’s Oatmeal Cookies
written by marieann
These are Hillary’s recipe for an old favorite. My mother loves these cookies so much she always asks me to make them up for her when I come home. The dough freezes really well. I like them because I think they are kind of healthy for a cookie with all the oats.
Ingredients
1 1/2 c flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
1 c shortening (or butter but shortening is preferable)
1 c light brown sugar; firmly packed
1/2 c white sugar
1 tsp vanilla
2 Eeggs
2 c old-fashioned rolled oats
1 pk semisweet chocolate chips (12 ounces)
Directions
1. Combine flour, salt and baking soda in a large bowl. Set aside.
2. With an electric mixer beat together the shortening, sugars and vanilla in a large bowl until creamy.
3. Add eggs, beating until light and fluffy. Gradually beat in flour mixture and oats. Stir in chocolate chips.
4. Drop batter by well-rounded teaspoonfuls onto greased baking sheet and bake in a preheated 350-degree oven for 8 to 10 minutes, or until golden.
5. Let cool on sheets for 2 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.







Ooohhh…yummy. The boys will love these. (and I will be secretly laughing at them because they are HC cookies!)
Wow, a cookie recipe from a presidential wanna be? How girly.
Oatmeal does seem pretty Hillary. I’d guess Jimmy Carter would be peanut butter cookies; JFK’s gotta be blond brownies, and GWB must be m&m cookies. Who else?
Nice blog! Great ideas.