These cookies are based--in the loosest way possible--on this oatmeal cookie recipe on Allrecipes.com. They are chewy, and if you don't overbake them, they stay nice and chewy. Do not fear the cumin in the recipe. The cumin heightens the earthiness of the cinnamon while taking the edge of the sweet. It is a Formidable Combination. Yes, there's an extra ¼ cup of stuff in mine, but that ¼ cup is ground flax, which is kinda more like flour than a mix in, so I didn't count it as one. No, you don't have to refrigerate the dough after you make it, but your cookies will taste better if you do.