10. Chocolate chip oatmeal cookies are ammunition in my secret campaign to persuade the government to declare oatmeal as a food group.
9. Making chocolate chip cookies is a fun way to avoid writing a top ten list.
8. Costco makes dairy-free chocolate chips.
7. To avoid the disappointment of biting into heartless oatmeal raisin cookies masquerading as their chocolate chip oatmeal counterparts.
6. To bring back childhood memories of making chocolate chip cookies and going ballistic when Dad and my brother ate them as fast as I pulled them out of the oven.
5. I’m a grandma, and it’s a grandma’s job to make cookies. Never mind that the grandchild lives several hours away and is too young to eat cookies.
4. The aroma of fresh baked cookies makes a house into a home.
3. The only other item on the to do list is dusting. No. Contest.
2. They taste sooo good.
1. I deserve a treat after months, weeks, days, hours of healthy eating.
What are your top reasons for making chocolate chip oatmeal cookies? Leave a comment.
