Today was the day folks, I baked my very first batch of chocolate chip oatmeal cookies, and to my and my families surprise they turned out really good! I followed the recipe pretty well but I did run into a few problems. Problem number one was that all the mixing steps called for an electric mixer which unfortunately I do not own, so I just had to do my best and hope that a fork and a little elbow grease would do the trick when creaming the sugar with the butter and mixing all the ingredients into the dough. Another problem was that the recipe called for 3 CUPS OF OATMEAL call me insane but that just seems like way too much. After I combined my wet and dry ingredients the cookie dough was the perfect consistency until I started adding the cups of oats. The dough started to get very thick and dry so I only used 2 cups of oats which still seemed like an absurd amount. It was at this moment where I really thought I messed something up, i was thinking that maybe I didn’t add enough of one of the wet ingredients because it was so dry but I decided to leave it and hope that it would turn out in the end. After making the dough I set it in the fridge for 45 minutes to cool then took it out and started making little balls and setting them on to my trays lined with parchment paper.

I then placed them in the oven for 15 minutes and crossed my fingers. After the 15 minutes I pulled them out, set them on a rack to cool and then tried them. I was very happy about how chewy they were, and how they were sweet but not too sweet which was a really nice surprise. Based on taste, texture and appearance I would give these cookies a 9/10. I think with some more chocolate chips they would be a home run but I just didn’t put enough in which is something that I now know to do next time. My overall experience while baking these cookies was actually very fun. It didn’t feel like i was doing homework, I was able to play some music and take my time to enjoy  it which I felt like I needed. It was a very good break that also resulted in building my baking confidence and with a container full of cookies that I can proudly say I made.