Recipe On The Lid - Oatmeal Dark Chocolate Cookies

Oatmeal raisin cookies are a scam for those of us who only like the oatmeal chocolate. While the recipe on the lid of a carton of Quaker Oats is a nice start, you have to replace the raisins with some chocolate to make a proper and decent cookie.  

This recipe does add two tablespoons of butter to the original recipe. As always, if you can refrigerate your dough for a couple of hours or overnight it makes for a much better cookie. If you're pressed for time you can bake immediately. I used my medium cookie scoop and it made 35 cookies. 

Makes 35 cookies
Ingredients

1 cup softened butter

3/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
1 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. salt
3 cups rolled oats
1 cup dark chocolate chips

Directions

Preheat oven to 350°F.
With a mixer, beat butter and sugars until creamy. 

Mix flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon

Add eggs and vanilla - beat well. 

Add flour mixture - beat until just combined 

Stir in oats, mix well

Fold in dark chocolate chips and mix well. 

Refrigerate for 2 hours or overnight

Scoop  by rounded tablespoons on ungreased cookie sheet and bake 10 - 12 minutes or until golden brown.
Cool one minute on cookie sheet - remove to wire rack.