Special Restaurant Chocolate Chip Cookies

Total Time: 36 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 6 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 cups flour
• 2 1/2 cups oatmeal, ground in a blender til it resembles flour (will make ~2 cups oat flour)
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 12 ounces chocolate chips (1 large package)
• 4 ounces hershey chocolate candy bars, grated
• 1 1/2 cups chopped pecans

Recipe

• 1 prepare oatmeal flour in blender.
• 2 cream butter and sugars.
• 3 add eggs and vanilla to creamed butter/sugar mixture.
• 4 in separate bowl, mix flour, salt, oat flour, baking soda and baking powder.
• 5 add to creamed butter mixture and mix well.
• 6 add chips, grated chocolate and nuts.
• 7 make 1 1/2 inch balls and space them 2 inches apart on baking sheet.
• 8 bake at 375° for 6 minutes. check them.
• 9 if just starting to crisp and brown, remove them. if not, check every minute or two.
• 10 let rest a couple of minutes and remove to a rack to cool.