The Beach Week Chocolate Chip Cookies

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The Beach Week Chocolate Chip Cookies

Preheat the oven to 350 and prepare greased cookie sheets.

Ingredients

• 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature

• 1 cup packed dark or light brown sugar

• 1 cup sugar

• 2 large eggs

• 1 Tbsp pure vanilla extract

• 2 cups flour

• 2 1/2 cups quick oats, ground in a blender or food processor

• 1/2 tsp salt

• 1 tsp baking powder

• 1 tsp baking soda

• 12 ounces chocolate chips or dark chocolate chips

• 1 cup chopped pecans (optional)

Directions

1. Mix the butter, sugar, and brown sugar together.

2. Add eggs one at a time.

3. Add vanilla

4. Blend the oats in a blender or food processor until they become a powder.

5. In separate bowl, mix the oats, flour, salt, baking powder, and baking soda.

6. Slowly add the dry ingredients to the butter mixture.

7. Use a wooden spoon to stir in the chocolate chips and nuts.

8. Loosely shape the dough into slightly smaller than golf ball size and place on a grease cookie sheet.

9. In a conventional oven: Bake at 350 for 14 minutes - switching the cookies sheets top and bottom and rotating them front to back at the 7 minute point.

10. In a convection oven: Bake 325 for 14 minutes or until golden brown.

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