PoppaGator,

Give yourself permission to depart from the recipe after you have the technique and science of it down. Give yourself permission to use more than the amount called for if it suits your tastes. I, for example, can never put in just the amount of vanilla a recipe calls for, I often use at least double. I LOVE vanilla. Cinnamon is also one of those spices. I don't think my recipe calls for any my my oatmeal cookies (and I will be making some later this week). To each his own on some of these matters.

SRS