#1543 - Frostless Oatmeal Cake

(by Shirley McNevich)

1 1/2 cups boiling water
1 cup Quaker quick oats
1 cup Domino's dark brown sugar
1 cup white sugar
1/2 cup Crisco shortening
2 eggs
1 tsp. baking soda
1 TBSP Hershey's cocoa
1/2 tsp. salt
1 1/2 cups flour
1 cup Nestle's semi-sweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup chopped nuts (optional)

In a bowl add oats and boiling water--stir and set aside. In a mixer add brown sugar, white sugar and Crisco--beat. Add eggs--beat. Add baking soda, salt and cocoa--beat. Slowly add oatmeal--beat. Slowly add flour--beat. Remove bowl from mixer--add 1/2 cup chocolate chips and stir with a wooden spoon. Pour batter into a greased 9" square cake pan. Sprinkle the other 1/2 cup chocolate chips and the nuts on top. Bake at 350 degrees for 35-40 minutes.