CHEWY CHOCOLATE CHIP OATMEAL COOKIES

This recipe is part the Mom's Crazy Cooking Challenge hosted by Tina where each month a different food is posted and participants make a recipe of another blogger and all are posted at the same time.   For further details, click here.

This month's challenge was chocolate chip cookies and I chose a chewy chocolate chip oatmeal cookies by Jessica at How Sweet It Is  as the addition of oatmeal makes it sound more healthy than just a regular cookie.
It had a nice flavor and the texture was someone between a cookie and a chewy muffin.

I made larger cookies and it made 15.

Preheat oven to 375.

Ingredients: 

• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar 
• 1 egg 
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 
• 1 1/4 cup all-purpose flour 
• 3/4 cups rolled oats
• 1/4 teaspoon salt 
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1 1/4 cups chocolate chips (I used milk chocolate chips, could use
• 1- 2 tablespoons milk (optional if dough is crumbly)

Allow butter to come to room temperature, then cream together until smooth (I don't own a mixer so I used my hand blender, but in the past have used a fork).

 

 This is what is looked like when blended.

Add egg and vanilla for about two minutes or well mixed.

Stir in flour, baking powder, salt, and 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon, then add the oats.  If it is still crumbly add 1 tablespoon of milk, if needed add 1 more tablespoon of milk.

Fold in chocolate chips.

The original recipe advised refrigerate for 30 minutes, remove and roll into big 1 1/2 inch balls that are 2 inches apart for 9-11 minutes

Instead, I used tablespoons to drop heaping tablespoons on parchment paper without refrigerating and they were done at around 8 minutes, but could vary depending the oven - I would recommend checking at 8 minutes.





Be sure to check out the other participants recipes below.  Next month;'s challenge is mashed potatoes and will be posted November 7th.  If you would like to join the party, visit Mom's Crazy Cooking.

Have a yummy weekend!

BROWN SUGAR OATMEAL SOAP

They turned out to look like a hamburger and two sausage patties and look like they would be hard, but they are not - they are soft but help exfoliate dull skin. This is based on the tutorial at:

http://www.allfreecrafts.com/homemade-gifts/soap.shtml

Items used:

• 1 bar of soap
• 2 packets of Brown Sugar Instant Oatmeal
• Grater
• Food processor
• Microwave safe bowl
• Spoon
• 4-5 tablespoons water
• Lids or tubs (for the soap molds)
• Butter knife

Grate the soap

Grind the oatmeal with the food processor until most of the full flakes are ground, but not into a fine powder.

Put the grated soap in the microwave safe bowl and add the 4-5 TBSP of water and microwave for 2-3 minutes.

Remove the soap from the microwave and stir up.

Add the oatmeal to the soap and mix until blended.

Spoon the mixture into lids and/or tubs and allow to harden. Remove by running a knife around the edge and gently lift out the soaps.