Oatmeal chocolate chip cookies
One of my favorite treats is the chocolate chip cookie served by Great Harvest Bread Company. I love its whole-grain taste.
I have experimented with a recipe to get just the right flavor and texture and have one that’s pretty close to the real thing.
Great Harvest serves their chocolate chip cookie as a large, flat cookie. The ones I’ve made keep some of their height, so if you want the cookie to spread out more, I suggest adding more butter. Also, I used the large scoop from Pampered Chef, not the quarter-cup of dough as suggested by the recipe.
Ingredients
2 cups whole wheat flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 cups brown sugar, packed
1 tablespoon sugar
1 cup + 1 tablespoon butter, softened
2 cups rolled oats
2 eggs
2 tablespoons molasses
1 tablespoon milk
1 (12 ounce) package milk chocolate chips (you could also use semisweet chocolate chips)
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt; set aside.
- Beat together the sugar and butter until well combined. Add oats, eggs, molasses, and milk; beat well. Add dry ingredients to beaten mixture; beat until blended. Stir in chocolate chips.
- Bake at 350° for 12 to 13 minutes, until just starting to brown around the outside. Cool 2 minutes on cookie sheets. Remove and cool on racks.
- Makes 24 giant cookies.
Using a 1/4 cup measuring cup, scoop dough and drop about 3 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets.
Note: A variation is to add raisins instead of chocolate chips.
GREAT recipe. Tasted VERY VERY close to the original. (maybe better?) In fact, my kids said, “Wow, these taste just like those ones dad buys!” Thanks for sharing!
Your cookies look so yummy, they look exactly like the Great harvest cookies! Do they taste similar? I tried the original recipe without the added butter. My cookies didn’t have the same texture as yours, nor did they have the same taste. Please advise, I am on a quest to make these cookies just right!
TIA