I posted this at Monica’s blog in response to a recipe exchange and thought I’d share here too.
This is my family’s favorite Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe. My step-daughter even asked me to bake these for her friends for Christmas one year. This is a recipe I have tweaked and made it my own. I got an idea to use ground oatmeal to replace some of the flour because my family doesn’t like wheat flour and my step-daughter doesn’t like the texture of oatmeal. I just grind regular oatmeal and keep the extra in a baggy. I love this recipe because you don’t have to use a mixer, it’s easy to mix by hand.
Chrisi’s Oaty Chocolate Chip Cookies
1 1/4 C Flour
1 3/4 C Ground Oatmeal
1 t. Baking Soda
3/4 C Margarine melted & cooled
(I use low fat margarine and usually just put in microwave until it gets a bit soft)
1 1/2 C Brown Sugar
1 Egg
2 t Vanilla
1 C Chocolate Chips
Preheat Oven to 350.
Combine Flour and baking soda. Set aside.
In a large bowl, combine melted margarine and brown sugar. Mix well. Stir in egg and vanilla until well blended. Add flour mixture and stir until just combined. Stir in chocolate chips.
Drop spoonfuls on cookie sheet. I put about 6 per sheet because they spread. Bake at 350 for about 10 minutes for a chewy cookie, center will still be soft. I leave some in there a bit longer and brown them good because my husband likes them crunchy.
This makes a smaller batch than most recipes, sometimes I double it.
