Soft Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies

Total Time: 58 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 13 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 12 tablespoons unsalted butter, cool and cut into small pieces
• 1 cup packed dark brown sugar
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 1 tablespoon light corn syrup
• 1 large egg, at room temperature
• 1 large egg , at room temperature
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 3 cups rolled oats (do not use quick cooking oats)
• 3 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°; position rack in the center of oven.
• 2 in a bowl, whisk the flour, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt together until ingredients are evenly distributed; set aside.
• 3 soften the butter in a large bowl, using an electric mixer on medium speed, about 1 minute.
• 4 add both sugars, and corn syrup; continue beating on medium speed about 2 more minutes until soft, light, and pale brown.
• 5 beat in the egg, then the egg , milk, and vanilla until smooth.
• 6 turn off beaters; add the prepared flour mixture (in stages, if necessary) and beat on low speed just until incorporated.
• 7 stir in the oats and chocolate chips with a wooden spoon until the chips are evenly distributed.
• 8 drop by rounded tablespoons onto a large ungreased baking sheet, preferably nonstick, spacing cookies 2 inches apart.
• 9 bake 6 minutes, rotate the baking sheet from front to back, continue baking for about 7 minutes, or until the cookies are lightly browned, somewhat soft, but definitely set.
• 10 cool on the baking sheet for 1 minute; transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
• 11 cool the baking sheet for 5 minutes before baking another batch or use a second baking sheet that hasn’t been in the oven.
• 12 storage: 5 days at room temperature; not recommended for freezing.
• 13 *note: reduce the chocolate chips to 1 ½ cups and add 1 ½ cups of any of the following or a combination of the following—butterscotch chips, chopped pecans, chopped walnuts, dried cranberries, m&ms, milk chocolate chips, peanut butter chips, raisins, reese’s pieces, roasted unsalted peanuts, sweetened shredded coconut, or chocolate chips.