(oatmeal) chooocolate chip cookies

these are soooo tricked out....we take the chocolate chip cookie to the edge kick it against the wall and yet its still 100% chocolate chip cookie

okay, here it is:

3/4 cup chocolate chips

okay, stop. right. here.

chocolate chip cookies are only as good as the chocolate you put in them. get good stuff - semisweet or (better yet) bittersweet. sometimes i'll go as far as taking a bar of Scharffen -Berger or Lindt and chopping it up, but there's also high quality chips (ie. Ghiradelli) to be found

alright, heres the rest of it:

1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 cups rolled oats (i find "quick" or even instant oatmeal work best)
8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature
1/2 cup lightly packed brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
1 large egg
1/4 cup maple syrup
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

(sometimes some cashews slip in my dough, but optional)

-Set 2 racks in the middle and upper thirds of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees F.
-In a medium bowl, stir the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and oats, together

-In a large bowl, beat the butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar together until blended

-Mix the egg, vanilla, and maple syrup together and mix in until smooth

-Gradually mix in the flour-oatmeal mixture and then chocolate chips.
-Drop rounded dough onto a nonstick or (as jonah rock's it) parchment-lined baking sheet.

-Bake for 9 minutes.

-Set the cookie sheets on a rack to cool.

consume.