Chocolate-Oatmeal Brownie Cookies

This is a combination of Susan Albers' Chocolate-Oatmeal Cookies and Patti Coppock's Double-Chocolate-Oatmeal Cookie recipes. Laura calls them brownie cookies. They can be prepared as a drop cookie or a pan cookie bar. They freeze well.

Quantity	Unit	Ingredient
2	cups	soft shortening
4	cups	packed brown sugar
4		eggs	beaten
4	cups	flour
4	teaspoons	baking powder
2	teaspoons	salt
6	teaspoons	vanilla
0.67	cup	cocoa
3	cups	chocolate chips
4	cups	old fashioned oatmeal

Cream shortening and sugar in a large bowl with electric mixer.

Add remaining ingredients, blending well.

May be dropped by heaping teaspoonfuls on ungreased cookie sheets or baked in 2 - 11x17 inch baking pans.

For drop cookies: bake in a 350 degree oven for 10 minutes. Do not overbake.

For pan cookie bars: bake in a 350 degree oven for 20-25 minutes. Do not overbake.