Oprah's Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe

This is actually Cynthia Gorney's chocolate chip cookie recipe, but it was on Oprah.com. For the best restaurant recipe secrets, see the banner at the bottom of this page.

Ingredients:

* 1 cup (2 sticks) softened butter (don't toss the wrappers)
* 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
* 1 cup old-fashioned or rolled oats
* 1/2 cup Grape-Nuts cereal
* 1 tsp. baking soda
* 1/2 tsp. salt
* 3/4 cup brown sugar
* 3/4 cup granulated sugar
* 2 large eggs
* 1 1/2 tsp. pure vanilla extract
* 1 bag (12 ounces) dark chocolate chips

Directions:

Preheat oven to 375°F (if you want them really crispy, jack up the oven to 400°F). Use the butter wrappers to grease 2 cookie sheets. Combine the flour, oats, cereal, baking soda, and salt in a bowl.

In a second, large bowl, combine the butter, brown sugar, granulated sugar, eggs, and vanilla. Gradually stir flour mixture into the butter-sugar mixture. Stir in chocolate chips. Drop batter by rounded tablespoons, not teaspoons (I like to use a small ice cream scoop), about 2 inches apart onto prepared pans. Bake until light golden brown, 10 to 12 minutes. Use a spatula to remove cookies to a wire rack to cool.

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