Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

It seems fitting that the first recipe on the blog would be chocolate chip cookies. And not just any chocolate chip cookies. My Mom grinds oats to make oat flour for these...and it makes such an incredible difference. We've made a lot (and eaten a lot!) of chocolate chip cookies and this is the only recipe you will ever need for chocolate chip cookies. Enjoy!

Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

2 1/2 c. Old fashioned rolled oats
2 sticks of butter, softened
1 c. sugar
1 c. light brown sugar, packed
2 large eggs
1 t. vanilla
2 c. all purpose flour (you can substitute whole wheat flour if you want)
1 t. baking powder
1 t. baking soda
1 t. salt
12 oz. chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 375.

In food processor grind oats until they turn into a fine powder.

Cream the butter and sugars together in a large bowl. Add the eggs and vanilla and mix well.

In another bowl combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Then gradually beat the flour mix into the butter mix. Next work oat flour into mix either with your hands or a heavy-duty stand mixer.

Work chocolate chips into the dough with your hands.

Bake for 9-11 minutes.

Welcome!

For a while now, my brother and I have been urging my Mom to start a blog with her recipes. She spends a lot of time reading recipes to us over the phone or typing them for us...and for our friends. Mom's egg casserole and my Gram's coffee cake have become legendary. Now, I'm a stay at home mom for the first time in my life and am trying to see if my Mom's incredible cooking skills were passed to me in her DNA. My friend Katie bought me a subscription to Everyday Food magazine for my birthday this year and I find I'm tearing out half the magazine to save recipes I want to try. So this blog has multiple purposes...To share my Mom's recipes with people...To prevent my Mom from having to tell my brother and I the same recipes over and over again...To keep track of new recipes we find and like (this is a request of my husband since I lose everything).  Enjoy!