Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients:

• ½ cup of brown sugar
• ¼ cup of granulated white sugar
• ¾ cup of all purpose flour
• ½ tsp of baking soda
• ¼ tsp of salt
• 1½ cups of rolled oats
• ½ cup (1 stick) of butter
• 1 egg
• ½ tsp of vanilla
• 1 cup of chocolate chips

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 375F
2. Melt butter (cut into 4 pieces, place in glass measuring cup, and microwave for 30 seconds)
3. Pour butter into mixer
4. Add brown sugar and granulated white sugar to mixer
5. Set mixer to low and beat until creamy
6. Add vanilla and egg to mixer; Beat/mix until combined
7. Add all purpose flour, baking soda, and salt to mixer; mix on low, increasing speed as the flour incorporates
8. When the mixture is completely incorporated, turn off mixer and scrape excess off the sides
9. Transition to manual mixing with a rubber spatula and add rolled oats
10. When the rolled oats are fully incorporated, add the chocolate chips and begin incorporating them
11. When the dough is fully mixed, begin forming "tablespoon-sized" balls and spreading them evenly across a parchment paper covered tray
12. Bake in oven for ~12 mins

Comments:

The chocolate chips can be substituted for raisins to make oatmeal raisin cookies