{"id":7125,"date":"2014-06-24T00:05:51","date_gmt":"2014-06-24T05:05:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/?p=7125"},"modified":"2014-06-23T19:40:58","modified_gmt":"2014-06-24T00:40:58","slug":"top-ten-reasons-to-make-chocolate-chip-oatmeal-cookies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/top-ten-reasons-to-make-chocolate-chip-oatmeal-cookies\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Ten Reasons to Make Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMG_1504.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4934\" src=\"http:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMG_1504.jpg\" alt=\"Dairy-Free Chocolate Chip Cookies\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMG_1504.jpg 640w, https:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMG_1504-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMG_1504-449x300.jpg 449w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>10.\u00a0 Chocolate chip oatmeal cookies are ammunition in my secret campaign to persuade the government to declare oatmeal as a food group.<\/p>\n<p>9.\u00a0\u00a0 Making chocolate chip cookies is a fun way to avoid writing a top ten list.<\/p>\n<p>8. \u00a0 Costco makes <a href=\"http:\/\/chowhound.chow.com\/topics\/871980\" target=\"_blank\">dairy-free chocolate chips<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>7. \u00a0 To avoid the disappointment of biting into heartless oatmeal raisin cookies masquerading as their chocolate chip oatmeal counterparts.<\/p>\n<p>6.\u00a0\u00a0 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.<\/p>\n<p>5.\u00a0\u00a0 I&#8217;m a grandma, and it&#8217;s a grandma&#8217;s job to make cookies. Never mind that the grandchild lives several hours away and is too young to eat cookies.<\/p>\n<p>4.\u00a0\u00a0 The aroma of fresh baked cookies makes a house into a home.<\/p>\n<p>3.\u00a0\u00a0 The only other item on the to do list is dusting. No. Contest.<\/p>\n<p>2.\u00a0\u00a0 They taste sooo good.<\/p>\n<p>1.\u00a0\u00a0 I deserve a treat after <del>months<\/del>, <del>weeks<\/del>, <del>days<\/del>, hours of healthy eating.<\/p>\n<p>What are your top reasons for making chocolate chip oatmeal cookies? 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