"Secret" Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe

The main "secret" ingredients in this recipe are lemon juice (to activate the baking soda) & ground quick oats (oats put into a food processor) added to the dry ingredients.
Here's the whole recipe if you want to do a taste test & compare to your own... sounds like a good day to me!!

From Easy to Bake, Easy to Make:

Ingredients:
1/2 cup rolled oats, regular or quick
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened (10- 20 secs in microwave- pressing lightly on stick leaves fingerprint, but shape of butter still intact)
3/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
3/4 cup granulated sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 teaspoon lemon juice
2 eggs
3 cups semisweet chocolate chips
1 1/2 cups chopped walnuts (I skip the nuts)

Makes two dozen cookies.

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Cover 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. I use aluminum foil. Place rolled oats in blender or food processor and process until finely ground. Combine ground oats, flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon in a mixing bowl.

2. In another bowl, cream butter, sugars, vanilla, and lemon juice together using an electric mixer. Add eggs and beat until fluffy.

3. Stir the flour mixture into egg mixture, blending well. Add the chocolate chips and nuts to the dough and mix well. Using 1/4 cup of dough for each cookie, scoop round balls with an ice-cream scoop and place 2 1/2 inches apart on prepared baking sheets.

4. Bake until cookies are lightly browned, 16-18 minutes (the first time, I timed it to 13 min, and I've used that ever since).

Let me know what you think! Happy baking!