Creating My Best Cookie Recipe - by Sunscape

Well, I had some fun this week in the kitchen. I was going through some old recipes I had saved over the years; I had so many different chocolate chip recipes and oatmeal raisin ones that I decided to marry the two.

I adjusted the liquid portions to dry according to the added oats. Many of the recipes were similar, but a few had extra ingredients that put them over the top. After going through my baking pantry to see what I had on hand, this is what I came up with.

Sunscapes Chocolate Delight

Cream together:

1 cup of butter
1 cup of white sugar
1 cup of brown sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon of vanilla

Sift together:

2 3/4 cups of flour
1 teaspoon of baking soda
1 teaspoon of baking powder
1/2 teaspoon of salt

Coarsely chop: (in a food processor)

1 1/2 cups of oatmeal
1 cup of walnuts
1 cup of sunflower seeds (if salted, omit the 1/2 tsp. of salt)

Coarsely Chop: (by hand)

6 ounces of Chocolate Almond Bark
6 ounces of White Almond Bark
1 cup of Hershey's chocolate chips

• Add the chopped ingredients with the sifted flour. Mix well and then add the wet ingredients to make the dough.
• Scoop the dough onto a parchment-lined cookie tray 2 - 3 " apart.

• Bake 12 - 15 minutes in a 375°F. oven until golden but not over-baked.
• Transfer to cooling rack.

These came out so light and airy with a nice sweet-salty ratio. The finely chopped oats and sunflower seeds really took this cookie to a new level.

I now have a new all-time favorite cookie and will add it to next year's cookie giveaway trays. These are absolutely divine! Perhaps you will give my cookie recipe a try and see for yourself.

Until next time, this is Sunscape
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