I have tried this recipe twice and when I followed the recipe exactly, the cookies turned out really flat. I have had to add almost a whole cup of flour to have them keep any kind of shape when they cook. Otherwise, they do taste great.

These cookies are delicious and easy to make. I love how they're chewy and a little bit crunchy at the same time! I made them with whole wheat pastry flour and Splenda in place of the white sugar. Next time I make these I will probably use only half as many chocolate chips and add 1/4 teaspoon of almond extract, because I like a little bit of a richer taste.

These cookies were much to flat and the dough was not very substantial. I would recommend not trying these.

This are really good cookies. My family and I loved them. I will definately use again. I did use 1/2 whole wheat flour and quick cooking rolled oats, but otherwise followed exactly. Yum.

Yummy! I used butter instead of shortening and they turned out great- very different than traditional chocoalte chip cookies. They're worth a try!

I didn't have shortening so I used butter, so my review may not really count for anything. In any case, the dough tasted phenomenal and I had really high hopes, but they cooked up flat and terrible. Total waste of ingredients. I didn't cook up all the dough yet. I may tinker with it to see if it is salvageable.

I used to bake all the cookies as a local bakery and found this to be a great recipe. I substituted butter for the shortening and baked them on a baking stone. I also throw in a handfull of chopped pecans. The Ghirardelli semi sweet chips have been the best to use so far. They also seem to have to bake about 12 minutes in my oven before they are "right" for me, the first batch about 2 minutes longer. I thought my oven was off temp wise but the oven thermometer I put in agreed with the oven on the temp. I have made them over 30 times for various parties and that is all everyone wants me to bring. For those who said they turned out thin, I am scratching my head in wonder since mine always turn out fairly thick. Maybe the baking stone is the difference there, or even the butter, or pecans. I would also chunk your baking soda and get a fresh box just in case. If none of that works, It could be how you are mixing them. Usally people over mix cookie doughs. One other possibility is the type of oatmeal you are using. I use the quick oats. The old fashioned require longer to absorb the moisture to cook which could cause some thinning to occur.

My husband and some of our friends really liked these. I would have given them a 5 for taste but their appearance was kind of pale and flat.

These were the best choc. chip cookies I have ever made. I will definitely make them again!

I don’t like using shortening so I cut it down and replaced it with 4tbs butter instead. The cookies turned out great, crispy on the outside and chewy on the inside. As reviewer AKMartin said, Ghirardelli chocolate chips make for a sublime cookie. I didn’t need to oil the cookie sheet.

Quick to make and very tasty. I used 1/2c butter and 1/2c shortening. I only used 1c brown sugar and omitted the white sugar. They seemed plenty sweet to me w/o the white sugar.

I've been making this cookie recipe since Bill Clinton first ran for president. The oatmeal cuts the sweetness, so I sometimes use 1 cup semi sweet chips and 1 cup milk chocolate chips. Kids and adults love them!

This cookie is missing the mark BIG time! I think of a chocolate chip cookie, and I imagine somewhat of a mild buttery vanilla flavour...this is lacking in taste big time!

These are soooo yummy!! I didn't use oats, though.

These were heavenly. I too used butter flavored shortening, and I split the chips into 1 cup regular, and 1/2 cup each of butterscotch and white chocolate chips. MMMMmmm! Only left them in 8 minutes so they were still chewy on the insides. Thanks for a great recipe! :)

Substitued butter for the shortening. You can add wheat flour and repace the white sugar with brown, and use fiber oats for a healthier substitute. It turned out great! Added more oats at the end to thicken them up - if not, they come out a little too thin. Good idea for grinding the oats, but overall a good cookie recipe. I was really suprised at how tasty they were! Best eaten fresh from the oven!

I have tried several cookies on this site and these were one of the best!

defintely don't skip the greasing, cookies are hard to remove and keep shape. excellent recipe though.