Cowgirl Cookies

Prepared by Debbie Kleinbord

Ingredients:

1 and 1/3 cup all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 cup cooking oats

1 and 1/2 cups mini chocolate chips

1/2 cup dark brown sugar, packed

1/2 cup white sugar

1 egg

1 teaspoon vanilla

1/2 cup (one stick) butter

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Stir all the dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl.

In a separate bowl, whisk the egg and vanilla together with a fork. Then, add it to the dry mixture.

Melt the butter in the microwave, and immediately pour into the cookie mix. The hot butter will slightly melt some of the chocolate chips, giving the dough a more tender chocolate-y taste.

Using your hands, mix the ingredients together until a sticky dough is formed.

Roll the cookie dough into 1 inch balls, place on parchment paper covered baking sheet and bake for about 10 minutes, until just done. If you are using two baking sheets, rotate the sheets halfway through the baking time. Depending on how big you make your cookies, they may require more baking time, but start checking them at 10 minutes.