Ingredients

1 cupt (2 sticks) margerine or butter softened

1 1/4 cups firmly packed brown sugar

1/2 cup granulated sugar

2 eggs

2 tsp vanilla

2 Tb. mild

1 3/4 cups flour (use a bit more so the cookies don’t come out flat

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

2 1/2 cups Quaker oats uncooked

1 12 oz package chocolate chips semi sweet

Preparation

  1. Heat oven to 350
  2. Beat margarine and sugars until creamy
  3. Add eggs, milk and vanilla and combine
  4. Add combined flour, baking soda and salt, mix well 4a. Stir in oats, choc chips (by hand)
  5. Drop by rounded Tablespoons on ungreased cookie sheet (I use parchment paper - easier clean up)
  6. Bake 9-10 mins (check after 8 mins) 7.Cool 1 minute on cookie sheet, transfer to wire rack
  7. Cool completely.
  8. Store in sealed container, add a 1/2 piece of bread to keep them soft. For cookie bars, heat oven to 375. Press dough evenly onto bottom of ungreased 13.9 baking pan. Bake 35-40 mins or till light brown. Cool Completely. Cut into bars. Store in sealed container.