The best oatmeal chocolate chip cookies
I truly think this is is one of the best oatmeal chocolate chip cookies I have ever eaten. I bet you can’t eat just one. Or two, or three!
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 8 minutes
- Total Time: 28 minutes
- Yield: 5 dozen cookies 1x
Ingredients
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- 1 pound of butter, softened
- 1 1/2 cups brown sugar
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 t vanilla
- 3 cups all purpose flour
- 2 t baking soda
- 2 t salt
- 6 cups old fashioned rolled oats
- 2 cups chocolate chips
- 1 cup chopped walnuts (optional)
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350 degrees. In a large mixing bowl cream together butter and sugars for 5 – 6 minutes with an electric mixer. Add egg and vanilla and mix until combined.
- Add the flour, soda and salt and mix until blended. Add oatmeal and mix until thoroughly combined. Stir in nuts and chocolate chips by hand until incorporated. Dough will be very thick and stiff.
- Using a tablespoon, drop heaping spoonfuls of dough on to an ungreased baking sheet. Bake 10 to 12 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool on a cookie rack.