Giant Cherry Oatmeal Cookies
These colossal cookies taste best when golden around the edges and moist and chewy in the center. With a glass of milk, they're polished off in no time by my grandchildren.
-Irene McDade, Cumberland, Rhode Island
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2-1/2 cups old-fashioned oats
- 1-1/3 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons apple pie spice
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1-1/2 cups dried cherries, chopped
- 1/2 to 1 teaspoon grated orange zest
