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Decades ago, I worked for the [household-name brand] oatmeal company. My favorite perk was the ability to buy 5-pound bags of the company’s just-add-water cookie mix for $5. (I think the product was for food-service; I never saw it in a retail store.) With one of those bags, plus some chocolate chips and a bit of water, I had a months-long (okay, probably weeks-long) supply of on-demand cookies. Not as good as homemade, but still warm-from-the oven comforting and oh-so-convenient. To this day, whenever I eat a regular chocolate chip cookie, I can’t help but miss the chewy texture of oatmeal.

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What a perk! So jealous. Sometimes it's the instant "warm-from-the-oven" comfort that's needed. A bunch of my chocolate chip cookie recipes have either oatmeal, ground oatmeal, or use oatmeal flour...Take a trip through my archives. I really like oats because it cuts down on sweetness.

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Simple version: ✅ just in time for a last-minute dinner invite! Gave it five extra minutes for a little extra golden-brown-yumminess. #ThisIsWhyWeNeedSmellovision

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Yahoo! This pleases me. I hope your hosts were suitably appreciative!

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you have inspired me. i am going to make healthy choc chip cookies this wknd sans sugar.

will let u know how they come out:)

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what kind of sugar substitute are you going to use?

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Damn, girl! You've got me firing up the oven in Phoenix in August! I don't have a boxed mix, but I NEED a chocolate chip cookie fix STAT. The only boxed mix I carry in my kitchen is Jiffy Cornbread to mix with meringued-up egg whites and jalapenos and grated cheddar...oh damn. Now I have to go make that, too!

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I NEED these cookies, Marisssssssssssa!! Have you eaten them ALL????

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Yum🥰

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i may use a little coconut sugar or honey is all

i avoid added sugar

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