Helen's Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies

• 1 cup margarine, softened
• 1 cup brown sugar (packed)
• 34 cup white sugar
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 12 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3 cups quick-cooking oats
• 12 ounces chocolate chips

1. Preheat oven to 350 Cream together margarine and both sugars.
2. Blend in eggs and vanilla.
3. Add flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt; blend thoroughly.
4. Stir in oats and chocolate chips.
5. (I use my mixer for this part too!)
6. Drop by teaspoonfuls on ungreased cookie sheet.
7. Bake 7 minutes.
8. Leave cookies on sheet to"rest" 2 minutes, then remove to cooling area.
9. (I remove them to brown paper to absorb a little of the grease-- I just use the inside of a grocery bag, cut and flattened out.)
10. (Cookie sheet should be cool when putting the dough on.
11. Since I only have one sheet, I rinse the sheet w/ cold water and dry each time I take some cookies off.
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margarine, brown sugar, white sugar, eggs, vanilla, flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, quickcooking oats, chocolate chips

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/helens-chocolate-chip-oatmeal-cookies-91316 (may not work)