Loving…My Favorite Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe

To get your week started on a sweet start, I thought  you might enjoy my absolute favorite:

Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe.

It’s easy to whip up and hedges on healthy. But let’s face it we’re talking cookies here and I for one am not about a “diet” version of any cookie. If you’re having a cookie it has always been my firm belief that you should HAVE A COOKIE and enjoy it! Trust me when I say: It’s better to have a real bonified full fat cookie than 10 diet cookie! Seriously…why oh why do they need to put a cookie on a diet anyway?!

I hope you enjoy this recipe and have a sweet week ahead.

Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe

1 stick (+) 6 tbsp. Butter –softened to room temp

¾ cup firmly packed light brown sugar

½ cup granulated sugar

2 eggs

1 tsp vanilla

1 ½ all-purpose flour

1 tsp baking soda

½ tsp salt

1 tsp cinnamon

3 cups Quaker Oats

½ cup to ¾ chocolate chips

¼ to ½ cup organic shredded coconut

¼ to ½ cup dried cranberries

*you can also add pecans or raisins instead of cranberries if you desire!

*Pre heat oven to 350 degrees

In a large, bowl mix together butter and sugar (brown and granulated) until creamy.

Add in eggs & vanilla.

In a separate bowl mix dry ingredients together: flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt then gently fold into butter mixture.

Add in Quaker Oats until blended & then add Chocolate chips, dried cranberries and organic coconut.

Roll into 1 inch balls and chill in refrigerator for 30 minutes.

Place on cookie sheet and bake for 10-12 minutes at 350 degrees until lightly golden.

Take out of oven and let cool on rack.

Enjoy!