Harvest Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups whole wheat flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups brown sugar, packed
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 2 eggs
• 2 tablespoons molasses
• 1 tablespoon milk
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 cups rolled oats, divided
• 2 cups chocolate chips

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees f.
• 2 combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a small bowl and mix well. set aside.
• 3 cream together the brown sugar and butter until well combined.
• 4 add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each.
• 5 mix in the molasses, milk and vanilla.
• 6 take one cup of the rolled oats and grind them in a blender or food processor until it is the consistency of coarse flour.
• 7 add the ground oats and the remaining cup of rolled oats to the butter mixture and mix well.
• 8 now add the flour mixture and mix until combined.
• 9 stir in the chocolate chips until evenly distributed throughout the dough.
• 10 using a 1/4 cup scoop (my standard size ice cream scoop works well for this) or a measuring cup, scoop the dough onto ungreased cookie sheets 3 inches apart.
• 11 bake for 12-13 minutes until the edges are just starting to brown.
• 12 remove from oven and cool two minutes on cookie sheets.
• 13 remove from cookie sheets to cool completely on racks.