Chocolate Chip Apple-Oatmeal Cookies

Kind of like a really good breakfast cereal in cookie form is where I was coming from with these. I was craving cookies and had this stuff on hand. Totally hit the spot. They turned out delisiously, if I do say so myself.


Chocolate Chip Apple-Oatmeal Cookies

Ingredients:
1 1/2 c. all-purpose flour
1 c. rolls oats
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 small dash of freshly ground nutmeg
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
12 Tbsp (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, melted & cooled until warm
1 c. brown sugar, packed
1/2 c. granulated sugar
1 large egg plus 1 yolk
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 c. semisweet chocolate chips
1 large apple, peeled and diced, about 1 c.

Directions:
-Adjust oven racks to upper & lower -middle positions & heat oven to 325. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
-Whisk dry ingredients together; set aside.
-With electric mixer, or by hand, mix butter & sugars until thoroughly combined.
-Beat in egg, yolk and vanilla until combined.
-Add dry ingredients & beat at low speed just until combined. Stir in chips and apple.
-Roll scant 1/2 cup dough into ball. Holding dough ball in fingertips of both hands, pull into 2 equal halves. Rotate halves 90 degrees and, with jagged surfaces facing up, place formed dough onto cookie sheet, leaving ample room between each ball.
-Top dough ball with extra chocolate chips.
-Bake, reversing position of cookie sheets halfway through baking, until cookies are light golden brown and outer edges start to harden yet centers are still soft & puffy, about 12-15 minutes.
-Cool cookies on sheets until able to lift without breaking and place on wire rack to cool.