Spiced Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

Spiced Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

1 cup (2 sticks) salted sweet cream butter
1 ¼ cup light brown sugar
½ cup white granulated sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla

½ tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
1/8 tsp all spice
½ tsp nutmeg – freshly grated is best.
1/8 tsp cloves
1 tsp cinnamon

1 ½ cups flour
3 cups quick oats

1 cup semi sweet chocolate chips
½ cup bitter sweet dark chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine the wet ingredients before adding the dry for best results. Cream together the butter, sugars, eggs, vanilla until perfectly smooth. Then add the salt, baking soda, and baking powder. Then add the spices – all spice, cloves, and cinnamon. I use a microplane and grated the nutmeg right into the bowl because the flavor turns so much better. Add the flour a half cup at a time and keep stirring until fully incorporated. Then add the oats, a cup at a time and keep stirring. Then add both sets of chips. Scoop rounded teaspoonfuls onto parchment paper – although I hear right onto a cookie sheet works because there is enough butter to prevent sticking. But I love parchment paper. Bake for 10-13 minutes or until the edges are barely golden. Cool down and enjoy.