MRS. FIELD'S CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES - MY WAY

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There are several versions of this wonderful recipe floating around. This is my particular take on it, posted here for safekeeping. I will give the "standard" ingredients first and will then give the alternate (healthier) ingredients that I personally use. I am guesstimating the number of cookies this yields. I am updating this recipe on 12/22/12 to make a gluten-free version that I tried out and liked. The two changes are using brown rice flour instead of regular flour and doubling the amount of egg (brown rice flour tends to produce a crumbly product but extra egg offsets this).

Provided by coconutty

Categories     Drop Cookies

Time 40m

Yield 40 cookies, 20 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 11

1 cup unsweetened butter, softened
2 cups sugar
2 large eggs, at room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups flour
2 1/2 cups oatmeal (not instant)
1/2 teaspoon salt (optional if using salted butter, or reduce amount of salt)
1 teaspoon baking powder (a pinch more to make them softer)
1 teaspoon baking soda
12 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 1/2 cups chopped nuts (any kind)

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350°F.
  • In a larger mixing bowl, cream the butter, sugar, eggs and vanilla well.
  • Pulverize the oatmeal in a blender a little at a time.
  • Combine dry ingredients in a large bowl.
  • Combine the wet and dry ingredients.
  • Stir in the chocolate chips and nuts.
  • With your fingers, place golf-ball-sized dough portions, 2" inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet.
  • Bake 8-9 minutes or until edges are light brown.
  • My "healthier" substitutions:.
  • For the 2 cups of flour, I use 1 1/2 cups whole wheat pastry or organic oat flour PLUS 1/2 cup soy flour.
  • For the sugar, I substitute fructose.

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