I have been making these cookies since I was a teenager.  They are yummy and chewy.

If you are going to eat cookies, at least make them yourself so that you are not paying for a bunch of artificial flavours, colours, preservatives and hydrogenated fats.

1 cup butter

1/2 white sugar

3/4 cup brown sugar

1 egg

1 cup all purpose flour

1 cup oatmeal

1 cup chocolate chips

Preheat the oven to 325F

In a mixing bowl, use beaters to cream together the butter and sugar.  Beat at a high speed for at least 2 minutes to combine well.  Add the egg and beat for another 1-2 minutes.  Gradually add the flour, then the oatmeal.  Stir in the chocolate chips.  Place spoonfuls on a baking sheet.  Make sure they are not too close together because these cookies spread out to flat.  Bake for 8-10 minutes.  Watch them closely because they will go from done to burnt quite quickly due to the butter.  They should be golden brown around the edges.

One thing I have learned is to bake just one tray at a time.  I put the rest of the cookie dough in spoonful sizes on a cookie tray and freeze.  I can bake just the amount I need and bake up more as we go through them.  That way, they don’t get stale (although with these cookies, there’s not much chance of that happening).  If you make a double batch, you can have even more saved in the freezer.  This helps to reduce the temptation to buy those awful store bought cookies.