Amazing Chocolate Crunch Cookies

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups oatmeal
• 1 cup butter
• 3/4 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 12 ounces hersheys miniature semisweet chocolate chips
• 2 ounces baker unsweetened chocolate (shave with a potato peeler)
• 1 cup of finely chopped pecans or 1 cup walnuts

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375°f degrees.
• 2 measure oatmeal and blend in a blender to a fine powder.
• 3 cream the butter and both sugars.
• 4 add eggs and vanilla.
• 5 mix together with the flours, oatmeal, salt, baking powder and soda.
• 6 add chocolate chips, and unsweetened chocolate that has been shaved with a potato peeler.
• 7 add finely chopped nuts.
• 8 roll in balls about 2 tbsp each in each ball.
• 9 place balls on an a lightly greased cookie sheet or place parchment paper on sheet.
• 10 flatten balls with a fork or with palm of hands (dough is firm)-- cookies should be 2-inches apart.
• 11 bake 10-12 minutes in oven.
• 12 cool on rack.
• 13 freezes well.