Best Chocolate Chip Cookies

This is our all-time favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe. The oatmeal gives them great texture.

2 cups butter

4 cups flour

2 tsp. baking soda

2 cups granulated sugar

2 cups brown sugar

5 cups blended oatmeal (measure oatmeal and blend in blender to a fine powder)

24 oz. chocolate chips

1 tsp. salt

1 8 oz. Hershey or Cadbury Chocolate bar (grated) 

4 eggs

2 tsp. baking powder

3 cups chopped nuts (optional - I prefer them without)

2 tsp. vanilla or vanilla paste

Cream the butter and both sugars. Add eggs and vanilla; mix together with flour, oatmeal, salt, baking powder, and soda. Add chocolate chips, Hershey bar and nuts. Roll into balls and place two inches apart on a cookie sheet. Bake for 10 minutes at 375˚.

*Tip: We freeze the cookies on a cookie sheet in the freezer for about 30 minutes or until just hardened. Then, we put all of the cookies into a ziplock freezer bag and store. Not only do they bake better when cooked from frozen, but it's nice to be able to make just a few cookies at a time instead of a huge batch.