World’S Best Chocolate Chip Cookies

• 1/2 cups Ground Oats (rolled Or Quick, Both Work Well)
• 2-1/4 cups All-purpose Flour
• 1-1/2 teaspoon Baking Soda
• 1/2 teaspoons Salt
• 1/2 teaspoons Ground Cinnamon
• 1 cup (2 Sticks) Unsalted Butter Softened
• 3/4 cups Packed Brown Sugar
• 3/4 cups Granulated White Sugar, Turbinado, Or Brown Sugar
• 2 teaspoons Pure Vanilla Extract
• 1 teaspoon Lemon Juice
• 2 whole Eggs
• 3 cups Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips/chunks
• 1-1/2 cup Finely Chopped Walnuts (optional)

1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. Use food processor or coffee grinder to finely ground oats.
3. Combine oats, flour, baking soda, salt & cinnamon in a bowl and set aside.
4. In another bowl cream butter, sugars, vanilla and lemon juice.
5. Using stand mixer or hand mixer, add eggs one at a time and beat until light and fluffy.
6. Stir in flour mix a little at a time and blend well.
7. Add chocolate chips and nuts mix well.
8. Using a mini ice cream scoop to portion out the dough onto ungreased cookie sheets or parchment lined cookie sheets.
9. Bake until they are light golden brown (about 10-12 minutes).
10. ***YOU CAN FREEZE THE UNBAKED COOKIE DOUGH***
11. Or freeze on a parchment lined cookie sheet for an hour, then place in a marked freezer bag, and freeze up to 3 months.
12. No need to defrost the cookies before baking, just increase the time of 10-12 minutes to about 15-18 minutes, but keep an eye on them, remove when they are golden brown. Great for a smaller household, or to have homemade cookies at any time!!!

ground oats, allpurpose, baking soda, salt, ground cinnamon, butter, brown sugar, white sugar, vanilla, lemon juice, eggs, semisweet chocolate chipschunks, walnuts

Taken from tastykitchen.com/recipes/desserts/worlde28099s-best-chocolate-chip-cookies/ (may not work)