1 cup plus 2 tbsp shortening (Butter Flavoured Crisco is good here!)
2 cups white sugar
2 eggs
4 tbsp water (I use milk instead)
3/4 cup cocoa
2 tsp vanilla
2 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
2 cups quick cooking rolled oats
Cream shortening and sugar
Beat in eggs, water, and vanilla
Whisk together - flour, baking soda and cocoa and stir into creamed mixture. Stir in oats. (This is a sticky dough, be prepared to get your hands all yucky.)
Form into 1" or so balls and dip into sugar - place on either greased or parchment covered cookie sheet, and flatten a bit with the bottom of a glass - they will look like peppermint patties now. (This works better if there isn't an indent on the bottom of your glass.) Then you will notice that the sugar you dipped the balls in sort of disappears, so I just take each little patty cookie and dip it in sugar all over again.
Bake at 350 degrees for 10 - 12 minutes. I bake mine for 9 1/2 minutes.
Makes about 7 - 7 1/2 dozen depending on the size of your cookies. I got 86 Enough to eat plus share - which, as Martha would say, is a good thing! The recipe says 8 dozen - ???
