Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars

1 c. flour
1 t. baking soda
1/2 t. salt
1/2 t. cinnamon
1 c. butter (softened)
3/4 c. sugar
3/4 c. brown sugar
2 eggs
1 t. vanilla
3 c. oats
2 c. chocolate chips

Cream butter and sugars the add eggs and vanilla.  Mix in dry ingredients.  Stir in chocolate chips.

Spread mixture into greased 15x10" sheet pan and bake in preheated 375 degree oven for 20-25 minutes.

From whence it came:  Here's another great recipe from the mom of The Spy Who Love Me.  I love my mother-in-law!  She is just as sweet as these cookies.  Thanks for the great recipe, Helen!

Why it's blogable:  Bar cookies are almost always a little bit easier and quicker than regular cookies because you just spread 'em out in the pan and that's that.  Don't be deceived...just because this recipe is easy doesn't mean it's any less yum-e!  My teen daughter just loves and adores these cookies.  They are one of her very favorites of all time.  I love them cold.  I think they taste great when they are refrigerated, but they're pretty good no matter what ya do with them.

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Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars

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Best EVER Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe

1 lb. butter
1 ½ c. sugar
2 c. brown sugar
4 eggs
1 ½ T. vanilla
6 c. flour
1 ½ t. salt
1 ½ t. soda
3 c. chocolate chips

Cream butter and sugars. Add eggs and vanilla. Mix well. Add dry ingredients. Cook 10-12 minutes at 350 degrees.

From whence it came: My daughter, Jessica, gave me this recipe. She got it from her college roommate, Alyssa, who is such a fun and great girl. Thanks, Alyssa! (The original recipe only had three eggs, but I recently starting adding four because the dough is so stiff and sometimes it's difficult to incorporate all the ingredients.)

Why it's blog worthy: It was not difficult to decide which recipe would be the very first recipe I posted on my cooking blog. This one had "perfect first recipe" written all over it. First, it's divine. The cookies turn out perfect every time, never flat, and if you accidentally over cook them they are still divine when dipped in a glass of ice cold milk. Also, because these are the most basic ingredients ever. If you don't have these ingredients in your pantry and fridge right now, at this very moment, then I don't know what to say. You just might be beyond help if you are not consistently stocked up on chocolate chips and butter. Last reason, easy schmeazy. A four year old could make these cookies.

Warning: The dough is a problem! My husband won't touch raw dough of any sort because he has cootie issues and is afraid of raw eggs and their possible deadly effects. He will, however, make an exception to his no raw egg rule for this cookie dough. He LOVES it! Sometimes I have to slap his hand with the spatula to get a few scoops onto the cookie sheet. The dough is delish!

Hope you enjoy stirring it up!