Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies

My friend's 5 year old daughter goes for a baking class and I heard that they whip up quite a few delicacies there - like quiche, sugar cookies, irish soda bread, cakes and so on... It reminded me of the Cooking class that was offered at our school during our 'interest period'. We were allowed to pick 2 classes each year and we could pick from embroidery, carpentry, photography, carnatic vocal, veena, violin, guitar, bharathanatyam, cooking, flute, mirudhangam and so on... I was rather keen on the cooking class - mainly because we got to eat the treats that were made and they were quite different (mostly snacks and sweets) from the usual fare we get a home but my mom dissuaded me saying that I would most probably be doing a fair bit of cooking later on in life and this was my chance to try out something else. We did get a taste of some of the yummy treats from friends who were in the cooking class from time to time.. and I'm glad I picked Veena and Embroidery - immensely enjoyed myself.

So, this little girl came with a recipe card when she visited our place and we set about re-creating the chocolate chip oatmeal cookie she had made in her previous class. She was so excited and helped in measuring, mixing and also putting spoonfuls of the dough onto the baking sheet. We loved the crispy, crunchy taste of the cookies so I wrote down the recipe and made it again a while ago.. Thank you Joshna for this fabulous recipe.

CHOCOLATE CHIP OATMEAL COOKIES
Yield - 30 to 40 small cookies


Ingredients:
All purpose Flour - 1 cup
Oats (I used Quaker old fashioned) - 2/3 cup
Butter - 1/2 cup
Chocolate Chips - 1 cup
Sugar - 1/2 cup
Brown Sugar - 1/2 cup
Vanilla - 1 tsp
Egg - 1
Baking Soda - 1 tsp
Baking powder - 1/2 tsp
Salt - a tiny pinch

Method:
1) Preheat oven to 375F. Combine flour, oats, baking soda, baking powder and salt with a wire whisk.

2) Beat softened butter, brown sugar and sugar on medium, till creamy and smooth.

3) Add the vanilla and egg, beat on low till incorporated.

4) Add the dry ingredients and beat until combined. Stir in the chocolate chips.

5) Drop rounded spoonfuls of the dough onto an ungreased cookie sheet (atleast 2 inches apart) and bake for 9 to 11 minutes or until lightly golden. Allow to cool completely to get the crunchy taste...

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