Great Cookie Recipe

Jeff and I have an ongoing fight over the right way to make chocolate chip cookies. He believes in adding oatmeal and I am a purist, ie no oatmeal. I found this recipe online. It is a copy cat recipe of the Double Tree Hotels famous cookies and yes it has oatmeal in it. As you can see by the picture, I almost ate an entire one before I could get the camera out. They are really that good. I might even change my mind about the addition of oatmeal to chocolate chip cookies!

Double Tree Chocolate Chip Cookies

Yield: approximately 4 dozen.
1 1/2 C. butter — softened
1 1/2 C. granulated sugar
3/4 C. firmly packed brown sugar
4 eggs
2 1/2 tsp. Vanilla
1 tsp. lemon juice (I left this out since I did not have a lemon)
3 C. all-purpose flour
3/4 C. old-fashioned oatmeal — uncooked
3/4 tsp. Baking Soda
1 tsp. Salt
1/4 tsp. Ground Cinnamon
3 C. Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips — Ghirardelli
1 1/2 C. chopped walnuts

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line baking sheets with parchment paper. Place the butter in a large bowl and cream lightly with an electric mixer. Add the sugars and beat on medium speed for about 2 minutes. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add the vanilla and lemon juice and mix well. In a separate bowl, stir together the flour, oatmeal, baking soda, salt and cinnamon. Add to the creamed butter mixture and stir well to blend. Add chocolate chips and walnuts and stir to combine. Using a 1/4 cup measure or a 2-oz ice cream scoop, drop the batter on the parchment-lined pans, leaving 2 -3 inches between each cookie. Bake for 13 – 15 minutes or until lightly browned around the edges. Remove from parchment and cool on wire racks