Can you make cookies without shortening, baking powder or baking soda?

So, I'm a college student who is trying to bake cookies for a friend who's had some bad times in the past few days. I've got eggs, oatmeal, chocolate chips, flour, white sugar, salt, milk, oil and margarine, but no shortening or baking powder/soda, which seems to be crucial for many recipes. Can you make cookies without these ingredients?Can you make cookies without shortening, baking powder or baking soda?
I am fairly sure you don't need any of those things to make no bake cookies. You do, however, need peanut butter...and the recipe. http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/No-Bake-Coo鈥?/a> most call for cocoa powder but these use choc. chips!Can you make cookies without shortening, baking powder or baking soda?
Go to Paula Deen's cooking website. She makes peanut butter cookies that have no flour, soda, or baking powder in them.
You'll need butter.





Baking powder or soda are risers, they make the cookies grow, omitting them will give you a much denser cookie, closer to a sugar cookie I guess.





I wouldn't make them with margarine if at all possible.
no, you need at least one of them....
Here is a very simple recipe from WIC - healthy but good! Preheat oven to 350.





You will need 1 large egg, 1 cup of sugar, 1 cup of creamy peanut butter (i use Jif) and a fork. Mix all the ingredients together in a medium bowl and drop onto lightly greased cookie sheet in small balls, about a 1/2 inch or so. Use the fork to gently press down on the top of the ball making a criss-cross pattern. Put into oven for 10 mins. Sometimes you need to add 2 more minutes. Cookies are done when they are golden brown around the edges. Makes about 18-23 cookies depending on size.





Enjoy!