The Best Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies

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These are the best cookies ever made! They are soft and chewy, and filled with melt in your mouth choc chips. the ground oats give them a subtle oatmeal flavour and delicious texture. I invented the recipe trying to duplicate mrs field's cookie and these cookies are definitely as good.. Dare i say better, than mrs fields. Watch them disappear in seconds!!!

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Steps

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Pre-heat the oven to 160c place the oats in a food processor and process into a powder.

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Place into a medium bowl and stir in the sifted flour , baking soda , baking powder and salt.

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Beat the butter and the sugars together in a large mixing bowl with an electric mixer , then add the egg and beat.

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Stir in the vanilla.

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Gently stir the flour mixture into the sugar mixture and then fold in the chocolate chips.

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Scoop golf ball sized portions of the cookie mix spaced 2 inches apart onto lined baking trays.

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Bake for 9-12 minutes , no more.

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Let cool on trays for 7 minutes and then place on racks to cool completely.

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Ingredients

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butter, brown sugar, caster sugar, egg, vanilla extract, salt, baking soda, baking powder, all-purpose flour, rolled oats, milk chocolate chips, white chocolate chips