Double Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies

These are some of the strangest looking cookies I have ever seen! But they are also by far the most delicious! Without fail these are always the first cookies gone, with people still asking for more. I have had this recipe for my entire life, literally. I got it from a cookbook my dad got years before I was born. I would say I hope you enjoy these, but I guarantee you will!

What You Need

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 egg
• 1/4 cup water
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 1/4 cup flour
• 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 3 cups quick-cooking oats
• 1 1/2 cup chocolate chips

How You Make It
1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

2. In a large bowl cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy.

3. Add egg, water and vanilla.

4. Mix in flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt.

5. Combine oats 1 cup at a time.

6. Fold in chocolate chips.

7. Drop spoonfuls of dough onto cookie sheet.

8. Bake 10 – 12 minutes, or until no indentation remains when touched.

9. Immediately remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack.

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