Orange and Oat Chewies

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 12 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups rolled oats
• 2 cups firmly packed dark brown sugar or 2 cups light brown sugar
• 12 cup salted butter
• softened to room temperature
• 12 cup Crisco shortening
• 3 tablespoons frozen orange juice concentrate
• thawed
• 1 orange
• zest of
• 2 large eggs
• 1 cup walnuts
• chopped
• 13 cup shredded sweetened coconut

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350; grease two cookie sheets or line them with Silpat.
2. In a bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, salt, and oats.
3. In a bigger bowl, combine the sugar, butter, shortening, orange juice, zest, and eggs; mix well.
4. Add the flour mixture and blend.
5. Drop the dough onto the cookie sheets using two tablespoons or a small ice cream scoop.
6. Bake for 12 minutes until the edges become golden brown.
7. Cool then on the cookie sheets because the cookies are soft.