I found a recipe for Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies on the site Mennonite Girls Can Cook.  It called for 2 1/2 cups of oats.  I only had 2 cups on hand so I added 1 cup of Rice Krispies to the recipe and made a few other minor modifications.  If you make these cookies I think you should lock all the doors and bake them when you are alone in the house.  Why?  This batter smells wonderful and it tastes delicious.  If any family and friends are around when you are making these there may not be any batter left for baking.  Seriously, it is hard to resist.

Mix all the ingredients listed at the end of this post together so that your batter looks like this.

Drop by heaping tablespoonfuls onto parchment lined cookie sheets, six cookies per sheet.  Be sure to heap the tablespoons.  The Mennonite Girls say that an ice cream scoop works fine but with the batter tasting as good as it did, I wanted more cookies so I made them smaller.

Bake in a 350° pre-heated oven for 10 minutes.  Let cool on the cookie sheets for a few minutes before transferring to a cooling rack and then to a serving plate from where they will quickly find their way to eager mouths.  You can unlock doors now and let people back in ’cause we all know a good thing is much better when shared.

Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies (slightly modified from Mennonite Girls Can Cook)

Yield:  3 dozen

1 cup of butter

1 1/2 cups of brown sugar

2 eggs

2 teaspoons of pure vanilla extract (Mennonite Girls Can Cook recipe calls for one)

1 1/2 cups of unbleached flour (Mennonite Girls Can Cook recipe did not specify unbleached)

2 cups of quick cooking oats (Mennonite Girls Can Cook calls for 2 1/2 cups…I was short so I added…)

1 cup of Rice Krispie cereal (my addition)

2 teaspoons of baking soda

1/2 teaspoon of salt (Mennonite Girls Can Cook calls for 1 teaspoon)

2 cups of Milk Chocolate Chips (Mennonite Girls Can Cook calls for 1 1/2 cups…what can I say?)

• Cream butter and sugar together until creamy
• Beat in eggs and pure vanilla extract
• Add dry ingredients gradually (that have been whisked together in a separate bowl) until well blended
• Stir in oatmeal, Rice Krispies and chocolate chips
• Drop by heaping tablespoonfuls onto parchment lined cookie sheets & bake at 350 for 10 minutes

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