Sydney's Mom's Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies 🍪

Some background on these not oatmeal raisin cookies—Sydney's mom was told that this was a secret recipe when it was given to her by a friend's mom in the 80s. She held it close to the chest for years, until a few years ago, that same friend heard her refuse to share it at a party, saying that "it wasn't her family recipe to share." She then laughed at Sydney's mom and explained that her mom had been joking 30+ years ago. Apparently this recipe came from the back of a chocolate chip package.

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cups flour

• 1 tsp baking soda

• 1 tsp salt

• 1 cup room temperature butter (legend has it Land O Lakes is preferred)

• 3/4 cup sugar

• 3/4 cup brown sugar

• 1 tsp vanilla extract

• 1/2 tsp water (don't skip this)

• 2 eggs

• 2 cups oats (old fashioned is best, but quick oats work too)

• 1/2 package semi-sweet chocolate chips

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees

• Mix all ingredients except for chocolate chips by hand

• Stir in the chocolate chips

• Drop heaping spoonfuls of batter onto a greased cookie sheet with enough space in between for cookies to flatten slightly

• Bake for 9 minutes or longer, depending on oven