$250 Cookies

2 cups butter
2 cups sugar
2 cups brown sugar
4 eggs
2 tsp. vanilla
4 cups flour
5 cups oatmeal (not quick-cooking)
1 tsp. salt
2 tsp. baking powder
2 tsp. baking soda
24 oz. chocolate chips
1 8-oz. Hershey Bar (coarsely grated)
3 cups chopped nuts

Cream butter and sugars. Add eggs and vanilla and mix well. Put oatmeal in blender in small amounts, and blend until powdered. Mix powdered oatmeal with flour, and add salt, baking powder, and baking soda. Add dry mixture to wet mixture and mix well. Add chocolates and nuts. Drop golfball-sized balls of dough onto ungreased cookie sheet, 2 inches apart. Bake at 375°F only 5-6 minutes. DO NOT OVERCOOK! Makes 112 cookies.


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