Recipes: Best Soft Oatmeal Cookies

So, back again with more cooking, this time in the dessert department. ^^

This recipe pretty much wins for "best oatmeal cookies I've ever had" by a longshot. Slightly spicy (because of the cinnamon and nutmeg), plus they stay wonderfully soft for days after baking.


Oatmeal Cookies

1/2 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
1 egg
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
3/4 tsp ground or powdered cinnamon
1/4 tsp nutmeg (or to taste)
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 cups quick cooking oats
1 whole bar (355 g) Lindt Dark Chocolate, chopped into chunks


In a medium bowl, cream butter and sugars together. Beat in egg and vanilla.

Combine dry ingredients in a different bowl (flour, baking soda, salt, and spices).

Stir in with wet mixture. Mix in oats, then chocolate, trying to get an even distribution of chunks if possible. Cover and chill dough for about an hour (I'f found this not to be a terribly crucial step, but it does keep the cookies from spreading out too much when baked).

Preheat oven at 375 F; grease cookie sheets.

Roll dough into 1 to 1 1/2 inch balls and place evenly spaced on cookie sheets, around 1 1/2 to 2 inches apart.

Bake for 8 to 10 mins. Remove from oven and allow to cool for about five minutes on the sheets before moving to wire rack.

enjoy!^^


~M