Ingredients

  • 1/2 cups Rolled Oats
  • 2-1/4 cups All-purpose Flour
  • 1-1/2 teaspoon Baking Soda
  • 1 teaspoon Salt
  • 1/4 teaspoons Cinnamon
  • 1 cup Unsalted Butter, Softened
  • 3/4 cups Brown Sugar, Packed
  • 3/4 cups White Sugar
  • 2 whole Eggs
  • 2 teaspoons Vanilla Extract
  • 1/2 teaspoons Lemon Juice
  • 1/2 cups Chopped Walnuts
  • 3 cups Chocolate Chips (any Kind)

Method

  • Pulse oats in a blender or food processor. In a bowl, combine oats, flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon. Whisk together and set aside.
  • In bowl of an electric mixer, add butter and sugars. Cream until light in color, scraping bowl as needed. Add eggs, vanilla, and lemon juice.
  • Add flour mixture to egg mixture and stir by hand until almost combined. Add walnuts and chocolate chips and stir to finish mixing dough. Don't overmix!
  • Let dough chill for at least 30 minutes or up to overnight.
  • When ready to bake, preheat oven to 350°F and scoop dough onto prepared baking sheets 2 inches apart. Bake for 13-15 minutes until done to your liking. Let cool on baking sheet for 3 minutes, then remove to wire racks to finish cooling.
  • Eat 5 at once. Enjoy!
  • Notes:
  • 1. I left the lemon juice out of this recipe and it was just fine.
  • 2. The original recipe calls for 1 cup walnuts, but I use 1/2 cup instead and like that ratio a little better!
  • 3. For a little extra health, swap 1 cup of flour for whole wheat flour-it works great!
  • Recipe adapted from The Little Kitchen.