Cindy's Chocolate Chip Cookie

Sometimes the best cookies come from the simplest recipes.

These oatmeal chocolate chip cookies use just nine ingredients you probably already have in the pantry. One stick of butter, a mix of brown and white sugar, an egg, some flour, rolled oats, and a full cup of chocolate chips.

No fussy chilling. No creaming for ten minutes. Just mix, drop, and bake.

The oats give each cookie a hearty chew while the edges go golden and slightly crisp.

Kitchen Tips

• Swap the oats and salt for 3 packets of instant oatmeal if that’s what you have on hand. The flavored kind adds a nice twist.
• Use softened butter (not melted) for cookies that hold their shape with a chewy center.
• Pull them from the oven when they still look slightly underdone in the middle. They’ll firm up on the pan as they cool.