Cookies... Oatmeal Cookies

I really love to bake and recently I have found that I really enjoy making Oatmeal Cookies. There are a few things that I really love about these cookies: 1- they are really easy to make, 2- it only makes 2 dozen so I tend to pace myself, and 3- these are super super chewy. I have made these cookies several different times and loved them every single time. I will admit that my cookies spread out a whole lot and that is a little bizarre but I am not sure how to fix that. This recipe is from MarthaStewart.com and this is the link. I am going to reproduce this recipe for you so that you can see where I think the essential parts are.

Oatmeal cookies

The most amazing oatmeal cookies, ever

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter (1 stick), room temperature

1 cup brown sugar

1/4 tsp salt

1 egg

1/4 cup water (yes water, this surprised me too)

1 tsp vanilla extract

3/4 cup flour

2 cups oatmeal (I use instant even though it says not too, it's because I am a badass..)

1 tsp cinnamon

1/4 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp nutmeg (I do not use fresh, but you could)

Directions

1- Preheat oven to 350 C and line baking sheets with parchment paper (I firmly believe that the parchment paper is important and must be used for all baking)

2- Cream together the first three ingredients (butter, sugar, salt), then add the next three (egg, water, vanilla).

3- Mix all of the dried ingredients together in a different bowl

4- Slowly mix in the dry to the wet ingredients 

The batter all mixed up... yes I did use a 311 reference right there!

5- Scoop your dough onto your lined sheets

6- Bake for 20 minutes, I turn once at 10 minutes

7- rest on the sheets for 5 minutes and let cool on a baking rack.

These look good enough to eat right...

One of the things that I think makes these very good is the parchment paper, I have started to use it whenever I bake something on a cookie sheet. I find that this makes all of my cookies taste like they are from a bakery, the right amount of chewy still crunchy edges. This does mean that if you want destroyed cookies, feel free to omit the parchment paper.

I hope that you enjoy these cookies, I really really like them and my grandfather does too. Also if they crumble you can use them as an ice cream topping, to yummy.