Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
INGREDIENTS
- Cooking Time: 120
- Preparation Time: 15
- 1 cup powdered oatmeal
- 3/4 cup flour 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1/2 teaspoon salt 2/3 cup brown sugar, packed
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/3 granulated sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 2 eggs
- 3/4 cup butter
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1 1/2 cups broken pecans
- 1 cup chocolate chips
DIRECTIONS
- 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- 2. Sift together flour, salt, soda and cinnamon and set aside.
- 3. Using an electric mixer, cream butter. Add vanilla, lemon juice and
- then the sugars. Beat well. Beat in the eggs one at a time.
- 4. On low speed, add the dry ingredients and oatmeal, beating only until
- mixed.
- 5. Stir in nuts and chocolate chips.
- 6. Spread out a large piece of waxed paper. Using 1/4 cup measure,
- place blobs of dough any which way on it. (12-15 blobs)
- 7. Using slightly wet hands, roll each blob into a ball and then flatten
- it to about 1/2 inch thick. Place on foil lined cookie sheets. About 4
- cookies to a sheet is max.
- 8. Bake 16-18 minutes or well-colored. Watch closely at the end.
- 9. When they come out of the oven let stand for a minute before removing
- to cooling racks.
- 10. These freeze well.