My hubby has been home, so we've been able to get out and about doing last minute things before Christmas, which has meant more meals eaten out than in, and I also had a birthday in there (have a look at the 'blog' page to see where I was taken for a surprise :o).
Well it's now Christmas Eve, so I thought I would bake some cookies as our cookie jar is looking decidedly empty - we had a mixed tin of treats given to us by a friend the other day, but they are long gone!!!
Chocolate Oatmeal Chews
55-60 cookies
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar, packed
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
2 large eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
3 cups oats
1 1/2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
- preheat the oven to 375 F.
- in a large bowl of a stand mixer beat the butter on medium to high power for about 30 seconds until silken.
- add both sugars, baking soda and salt; beat until combined, scraping the edges down occasionally.
- beat in the eggs and vanilla until blended completely.
- add the flour and mix until incorporated.
- stir in the oats and chocolate chips either in the stand mixer or by hand.
- drop heaped teaspoons of dough onto ungreased cookie sheets about 2 inches apart.
- bake for 8-10 minutes or until golden brown.
- let stand on the cookie sheets for 1 minute then transfer to wire racks to cool completely.
Chocolate Oatmeal Chews ingredients.
beat the butter until it's silky smooth.
add the sugars, baking soda and salt - don't forget to scrape down the edges!!
add the oats.
don't forget those yummy chocolate chips :o)
the dough started to get quite stiff so I finished mixing it by hand.
drop heaped teaspoons onto the ungreased cookie sheets - these spread quite a bit so make sure you leave plenty of room between each one (at least 2 inches).
let them cool for a minute on the sheets before transfering to wire racks.
how do you like our new cookie jar? On sale at our local Canadian Tire, complete with various cookie cutters inside - I love it :o)
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