Best-Ever Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
• 1/2 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups old-fashioned rolled oats
• 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips

Steps

1. Mix together flour, baking soda, and cinnamon.
2. Beat together butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar at medium speed until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla.
3. At low speed, beat in flour mixture until blended. Fold in oats and chocolate chips. Cover with plastic wrap; chill for 1 hour.
4. Preheat oven to 350° F. Grease 2 baking sheets.
5. Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Place cookies, 2 inches apart, on prepared baking sheets. Flatten each cookie slightly.
6. Bake cookies until lightly browned around edges, 10 to 12 minutes. Transfer baking sheets to wire racks to cool slightly. Transfer cookies to racks to cool completely.

Notes

Makes 4 dozen cookies. 15 minutes preparation plus chilling, 10-12 minutes baking per batch.

Baking Tips: Make dough ahead of time and freeze it. Later, use defrosted dough to make homemade cookies in minutes.

From a printed recipe (Unknown recipe-card series (Pittsburgh, PA 15222; (800) 390-1420)) kept in Rosie Lee’s recipe box.

Photo: stock photo found online.

Rosie Lee’s original recipe card

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