Categories: Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 and 1/2 cups rolled oats (uncooked dry oatmeal--use the old-fashioned kind, not the quick 1-minute variety)
- 1/2 cup melted butter
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 t baking powder1 t flour
- 1/2 t salt
- 1 and 1/2 t vanilla
- 1 beaten egg
- 1/2 cup chocolate chips
Directions
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Measure the oatmeal in a medium-sized bowl.
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Melt the butter and pour it over the oatmeal. Stir until it’s thoroughly mixed.
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In a small bowl, combine the sugar, baking powder, flour and salt. Mix well.
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Add the sugar mixture to the oatmeal mixture and blend thoroughly.
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Mix in the vanilla and the beaten egg. Stir well. Add the chocolate chips and stir the mixture until it is well combined.
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Line cookie sheets with foil, shiny side up. Spray the foil lightly with nonstick cooking spray.
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Drop the cookie dough by rounded teaspoon onto the foil, leaving space for spreading—only 6-8 per sheet.
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Bake at 350 for 12 minutes. Cool on cookie sheet for 5 minutes. Pull the foil off the sheet and over to a wire rack.
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Let the cookies cool completely. When cool, peel them carefully from the foil and store them in a cool, dry place.
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If you want to dress up these cookies for special company, wait until they’re cool and drizzle with melted choc. chips mixed with coffee.
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Start with 1/2 cup of chips mixed with 6 T coffee and microwave for 30 seconds on high. Stir it until smooth. If the mixture is too thick to drizzle, add additional coffee and microwave in 20-second intervals on high until it is.