Best Ever Chocolate Chip Cookies

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 5 cups oatmeal
• 4 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 cups butter, softened
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 1/2 cups brown sugar
• 1/2 cup molasses
• 4 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 24 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 8 ounces milk chocolate candy bars, chopped fine
• 3 cups nuts, chopped

Recipe

• 1 measure oatmeal into food processor and blend until oatmeal is fine and powdery.
• 2 place oatmeal in large bowl.
• 3 sift in flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
• 4 stir together with oatmeal until well blended.
• 5 in a seperate large bowl (or stand mixer) cream together butter and sugar.
• 6 beat in eggs, one at a time.
• 7 mix in molasses and vanilla until well blended.
• 8 add in flour in four batches, stirring only until blended.
• 9 fold in chocolate chips, chocolate bar, and nuts.
• 10 scoop onto greased cookie sheet, 1 inch apart. tbsp size scoop will make 120 cookies.
• 11 bake at 350 for 10-15 minutes, depending on cookie size. cookies will be crispy on edges, but look soft in center.
• 12 this dough freezes well for up to 2 months in standard freezer.
• 13 to freeze, scoop out 1 cup of dough onto a sheet of wax paper.
• 14 shape into 2 inch wide log and roll paper around dough.
• 15 secure edges of paper with rubber bands. it will look like a cookie dough tootsie roll.
• 16 to bake, remove dough from wax paper, slice and bake. no thawing required.
• 17 baking time may need increased 2-3 minutes if dough is frozen.