Oatmeal Orange Craisin Cookies

Wonderful flavor; can't stop eating them! My mom used the original Quaker Oats recipe and added the orange peel and juice and then some juicy Craisins! Wow!

• Ready In: 15 mins
• Serves: 12

Ingredients

• 3⁄4 cup shortening
• 1  cup  packed brown sugar
• 1⁄2 cup sugar
• 1  egg
• 1⁄4 cup  orange juice
• 1  teaspoon  orange peel
• 1  teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1  teaspoon  almond extract
• 3  cups oats
• 1  cup all-purpose flour
• 1  teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt

Directions

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Beat shortening, sugars, and egg together. Heat orange juice and orange peel together in microwave for 1 minute. Mix vanilla and almond extracts with orange juice until creamy. Add remaining ingredients and mix well. Spoon onto greased cookie sheet. Bake until golden brown.