Tokyo oatmeal chocolate chip bars

Tokyo Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Bars 

These are those cookies I made all the time the last time we lived in Tokyo 2011-2013.  Very oaty,  not too sweet.  You can't get brown sugar here (hence the molasses) but 1 1/2 C brown sugar and leaving out the molasses would work.  Back then you couldn't get quick cooking oats either.  I will try these sometime with quick cooking oats. 

1 C butter, softened, almost melted 

1 1/4 C sugar  (or skip the molasses and use brown sugar) 

1/4 C molasses 

1 egg

1 tsp vanilla

1 1/2 C flour

1 tsp baking soda

large pinch salt 
pinch cinnamon 

3 C old fashioned oats 

1 C semi sweet or bittersweet chocolate chips (or chopped up candy bars to make 1 C) 

350 degrees (170 celsius in the Japanese convection oven) 

Butter a 9x13 inch pan - or line with parchment paper.  Spread dough into pan.  Bake for about 25 minutes.  Let cool in the pan for 30 minutes before cutting into squares bars.