Chewy Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies

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Description

I modified Beatrice’s Excellent Oatmeal cookies very slightly. I came up with something that my boyfriend went CRAZY over! I’ve never seen him enjoy cookies to that extent! He said I blew his mother’s recipe away.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 1 cup packed light brown sugar
  • ½ cup white sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 3 cups quick-cooking oats
  • 1 cup chopped walnuts
  • 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
  2. Cream together butter
  3. brown sugar
  4. and white sugar in a large bowl until smooth. Beat in eggs one at a time
  5. until well combined; stir in vanilla extract.
  6. Combine flour
  7. baking soda
  8. and salt in a separate bowl; stir into the creamed mixture until just blended. Mix in quick oats
  9. walnuts
  10. and chocolate chips. Drop batter by heaping spoonfuls onto ungreased baking sheets.
  11. Bake in the preheated oven for 12 minutes. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

Prep Time: 15 mins

Cook Time: 12 mins

Total Time: 55 mins

Servings: 42

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