As-big-as-a-plate Cookies

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup butter, at room temperature
• 1 1/2 cups brown sugar, firmly packed
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 1/3 cups quick-cooking rolled oats
• 2 cups semisweet chocolate or 2 cups butterscotch chips
• 1 1/2 cups chopped nuts (your favorite ~ optional)
• granulated sugar

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350º.
• 2 mix flour, baking soda, and salt in a small bowl and set aside.
• 3 in a large bowl, beat butter and brown sugar until creamy. beat in eggs and vanilla. gradually add flour mixture, beating until well blended. stir in oats, chips, and nuts, if using.
• 4 spoon 1/2-cup portions of dough onto greased baking sheets, spacing cookies 6 inches apart and 2 1/2 inches from edges of sheets. grease bottom of a pie pan (i use cooking spray), dip in granulated sugar, and use to flatten each cookie into 5 inch circle. if necessary, press cookies lightly with your fingers to give them an even thickness.
• 5 bake at 350º until edges are lightly browned, about 15 minutes. let cool on baking sheets for about 5 minutes, then transfer to racks to cool completely.