Chocolate Chip Cookies

CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES Ingredients: • 1 cup margarine • 1 cup sugar • 2 eggs • 1 tsp vanilla • 1 1/2 cup flour • 1 1/4 cup quick rolled oats (dry oatmeal) • 1/4 cup wheat germ • 1 tsp baking soda • 1/2 tsp salt • 1/2 tsp cinnamon • 1 cup chocolate chips Directions: 1. Collect all of the ingredients above and bring them to your work area along with 2 bowls for mixing, a measuring cup, measuring spoons, a tablespoon, a wooden spoon, an electric mixer, a cookie sheet, oven mitts and a spatula. 2. Preheat oven to 325 F. 3. In a large mixing bowl, cream together margarine and sugar (you can use an electric mixer on medium speed to do this). Beat in eggs and vanilla 4. In a medium mixing bowl, combine dry ingredients: flour, rolled oats, salt, wheat germ, baking soda, cinnamon (mix together with a wooden spoon). 5. Add dry ingredients to creamed mixture about 1/4 cup at a time, using the electric mixer on medium speed to combine until about the last 1/4 cup when you'll have to switch to a wooden spoon. 6. Stir in the chocolate chips with a wooden spoon 7. Drop by teaspoonful onto an ungreased cookie sheet. 8. Bake at 325 for 12 to 14 minutes 9. (Grandma's secret to success: turn cookie sheets twice during baking time) 10. While the cookies are baking, tidy up your work space. 11. Remove the cookies from the baking sheet with a spatula and set on a plate in a single layer to cool. Source: http://www.dltk-kids.com/recipesdb/view.asp?rid=1