Chewy Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies

Oatmeal cookies are so delicious and so good for you....that's just wishful thinking on my part.  If you think about it, it's like eating granola - especially if there are raisins and nuts, right?  Maybe that's why I can devour 2-3 morsels at a time without feeling guilty.  

Hubs doesn't like raisins so I searched for a chocolate chip oatmeal cookie and found this from The Repressed Pastry Chef.  The cookies hardly took up any time to whip up.  The wait for the cookies to bake in the oven was the unending part.  I made my cookies a little tinier than the standard size so I cut my baking time short by 2-3 minutes. 

Chewy Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies

Ingredients:

1/2 cup butter (1 stick), softened

1/2 cup packed light brown sugar

1/4 cup white sugar

1 egg

1 tsp vanilla extract

3/4 cup all-purpose flour

1/4 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

1 1/2 cups quick-cooking oats

1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.
2. In a large bowl, cream together butter, brown sugar, and white sugar until smooth.  Beat in egg then stir in vanilla. 
3. In a separate bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, and salt; stir into the creamed mixture until just blended. 
4. Mix in the quick oats and chocolate chips.  Drop by heaping spoonfuls onto ungreased baking sheets, about 2 inches apart.
5. Bake for 12-15 minutes then remove sheets from oven.  Let them sit for 5 minutes on the cookie sheets before transferring them to rack to cool.