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Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies: review of The Ghirardelli Chocolate Cookbook Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 cups (1 lb/4 sticks) unsalted butter, room temp
- 1½ cups packed light or dark brown sugar (we used light)
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 large egg
- 2 large egg yolks
- 1 T vanilla
- 2 cups (255 g) AP flour
- 2 t baking soda
- 1 t fine sea salt
- 6 cups rolled oats (not instant)
- 4 scant cups semi sweet chocolate chips
- 1 12.6-oz bag of dark chocolate M&Ms
- vanilla salt for sprinkling
- whole grains
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