Oatmeal Engineers

This cookie was eaten on the podcast in episode 079 – Link

Ingredients

  • 12 ounces Ghirardelli Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • ¾ cup packed brown sugar
  • ½ cup sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 cup unsifted flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • ⅛ teaspoon nutmeg
  • 3 cups steel cut oats, uncooked
  • 1 cup macadamia nuts chopped
  • ⅛ teaspoon of cardamom

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
  2. In a large bowl, beat butter with sugar and brown sugar at medium speed until creamy and lightened in color (about 4 minutes).
  3. Add vanilla and egg, and mix on low speed until incorporated.
  4. Stir flour with baking soda, salt, and spices; add to creamed mixture, mixing well.
  5. Stir in oats. Fold in chocolate chips and walnuts.
  6. Drop by rounded tablespoon onto ungreased cookie sheets.
  7. Bake 8 to 9 minutes for a chewy cookie, 10 to 11 minutes for a crisp cookie. Cool 1 minute on a cookie sheet; remove to wire cooling racks. Store in tightly covered container. Makes about 6 dozen 2-inch cookies.