Combine flour, salt, and baking soda in a large bowl. Use a whisk to stir well.
In a separate large bowl cream Crisco or butter and sugar until smooth.
Add eggs to the sugar mixture and blend.
Add vanilla to the sugar mixture.
Add the dry ingredients to wet ingredients about 1/3 at a time mixing well each time.
Fold in oats followed by chips.
Use a small cookie scoop or teaspoon to drop dough onto two baking sheets.
Place baking sheets in the oven for 5 minutes.
After 5 minutes switch the trays by moving the top tray to the bottom and the bottom tray to the top.
Continue baking for an additional 5 minutes.
Remove cookies and cool for a few minutes then move to a wire rack.
Repeat the baking process for the remainder of the dough.
Notes
Switching the trays midway helps the cookies cook more evenly. You might find that you don't need to cook the dough for 10 minutes. Feel free to experiment with less or more time to create a crispier or chewy texture.
Nutritional information is provided as a courtesy and is an estimate only. This information comes from online calculators. Although attempts have been made to provide accurate nutritional information, these figures are only estimates.