.Dad's Old Fashioned Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies.

This weekend was pretty low key with Peter having to work a bunch of overtime and with me getting bigger and a little more uncomfortable by the day. But then again, I guess that's pretty much a given since all I am craving lately are the sweetest things possible. The typical cliche pregnant woman's cravings: Cake, Cookies, and Ice cream. All I'm missing at this point are some pickles. 

So while I am trying to curb some of the sweets, I am human and this week I caved. I indulged. I satisfied that sweet tooth that our baby seems to have and went for it. And one really stood out from the rest: Dad's [or actually grandma O's] Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies. These not-too-sweet-melt-in-your-mouth goodness that I pretty much grew up on as a child. My dad would make these at any given moment [in fact, he still does!] and my sister and I would always help. It would be a reward for being good, doing well on a test, or maybe just because we'd asked him for them. But they were always delicious.
It could be the nostalgia that keeps me loving these cookies year after year, or it could be the fact that they just really are that good. So thanks dad for always supplying your girls with a tasty treat and spending the time to create some loving family memories with us.
Always tasty and never disappointing I hope my child grows up mixing the bowl just like I did.
Oh and one tip: don't forget the big glass of cold milk to dunk them in.

Dad's Old Fashioned Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies

Ingredients:

1 cup Butter, room temperature

1 cup Brown Sugar
1/4 cup Boiling water
1 cup Flour
1/2 tsp Salt
1 tsp Baking Soda
1 [6 oz.] pkg Chocolate Chips [or try M&M's like I did above! yum!]
1/2 to 1 cup Coconut, optional [I've actually never added this, but I'm sure it'd be tasty!!]
3 cups Rolled Oats

Directions:

1] Preheat oven to 350 degrees C.
2] Mix butter and brown sugar together. Add boiling water and mix.
3] Add flour, salt and baking soda. Mix well.
4] Add chocolate chips [or M&M's] and coconut [if using]. Add rolled oats. Mix well.
6] Drop by teaspoon onto a greased cookie sheet and flatten with a fork. Bake 8 to 12 minutes.
7] Serve with a cold glass of milk and enjoy!!