Rick's Favorite Chocolate Chip Cookies

1 cup butter or margarine, softened

1 1/2 cups all purpose flour, sifted

1 tsp ground cinnamon

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar

1 cup granulated sugar

1 large egg

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 1/2 cups old fashioned rolled oats

1 cup semisweet chocolate chips

Mix together flour, baking soda and cinnamon. Beat together,

butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar, at medium speed until

light and fluffy. Beat in eggs and vanilla. At low speed, beat in flour

mixture until well blended. Fold in oats and chocolate chips. Cover with

plastic wrap; chill for 1 hour. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease 2 baking

sheets. Shape dough into 1 inch balls. Place cookies, 2 inches apart, on

prepared baking sheets. Flatten each cookie slightly. Bake cookies until

slightly browned around edges, 10-12 minutes. Transfer cookies to racks to

cool completely.

Note: Make dough ahead of time and freeze it. Later use defrosted dough to make

homemade cookies in minutes.

Substitute SPLENDA brand sugar substitutes for both brown and granulated sugars.

Try low or no fat butter substitute for a cookie, lower in fat.