Monday, June 20, 2011

Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

This homemade cookie recipe is from Sue C. These cookies freeze well, ship well, and can feed a crowd. Unless of course, you want to eat them all yourself! :)

2 Cups All-Purpose Flour
1/2 tsp. Baking Soda
1/4 tsp. Salt
3/4 Cups Quaker Old Fashion Oats (Do not use Minute Oats)
3/4 Cups light Brown Sugar, packed
3/4 Cups White Sugar
1 Cup (2 sticks) Salted butter, softened
2 Large Eggs
2 tsp. pure vanilla extract
2 Cups (12oz) Semi Sweet Chocolate Chips
1 Cup Chopped pecans (Optional)

Preheat oven to 300 degrees

In a medium bowl combine flour, soda, salt and oats. Mix well with wire whisk and set aside.

In a large bowl blend sugars with an electric mixer at medium speed. Add butter and mix to form a grainy paste. Scrape down sides of bowl, then add eggs and vanilla. Beat at medium speed till light
and fluffy (Beat at least 3-4 minutes) the fluffier the better.

Add the flour mixture a little at a time until combined. DO NOT OVER MIX.

Add Chocolate chips and nuts at low speed until combined. I usually just turn the mixer on and off a few times for a few seconds.
Just like if you were using a pulse button.

Drop dough by rounded tablespoons onto an ungreased cookie sheet approx 1 1/2 inches apart. I use parchment paper and they brown
nicely....

Depending on your oven it will take from 16-20 minutes....... After baking immediately transfer cookies to a flat surface with a spatula.

Makes approx 3-4 doz depending on how large you like them. I usually
make mine a little smaller than a Tablespoon.

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