Oatmeal Cookies

These cookies are fantastically addictive. The recipe makes 4 dozen. I have to quickly freeze the remaining cookies to hide them from my family. I think they could eat the whole 4 dozen!

1/2 cup sugar (or you can sub agave nectar)
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup shortening
1 tsp vanilla
1/3 cup rice milk
2 1/2 cups oat flour (made by pulsing old fashioned oats in a blender)
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
2 cups of old fashioned oats
1 cups raisins or chocolate chips if desired. ( i use the enjoy life dairy free chocolate chips)

• with a mixer, mix the shortening and sugars.
• add vanilla and rice milk and mix again
• add oat flour, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt and mix well
• stir in the old fashioned oats and chocolate chips or raisins.
• drop dough by the rounded tablespoons on the cookie sheet.
• bake at 350 degrees for 12 minutes.