This recipe is IDEAL for gift giving as it makes a HUGE batch! My Grandma Allen printed off this recipe for me years ago and I have adapted the original recipe to my taste (and budget). These are a HIT at our house and with all our friends, so when making, I usually go ahead and make two batches, freezing one batch unbaked, already formed cookies in a freezer bag till ready to use.
Ingredients:
- 5 cups blended oatmeal (quick cook or old fashioned)
- 3 cups chopped nuts (I use 1 cup peanuts, 1 cup walnuts & 1 cup almonds)
- 1 6-pk Hershey's snack size milk chocolate bars
- 3 tablespoons cocoa powder
- 2 cups butter, room temperature
- 2 cups brown sugar
- 2 cups white sugar
- 4 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 2 teaspoons soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 4 cups call purpose flour
- 24 oz chocolate chips (I use semi-sweet, but a mixture of dark & semi-sweet is awesome too)
- Measure 5 cups oatmeal into blender and blend to a fine powder. Set aside.
- Measure 3 cups nuts, Hershey's bars broken into pieces and 3 tablespoons cocoa powder into blender and pulse till nuts and chocolate are coarsely chopped and cocoa is blended into mix. Set aside.
- Cream butter, brown sugar and white sugar in mixer. Add ingredients 8-12 until smooth. Add flour and oatmeal mixture till incorporated. Stir in nut mixture and chocolate chips. NOTE: use a VERY strong spoon as this mixture is THICK.
- Using a small cookie scoop, scoop then roll into 1 inch balls. Placed on cookie sheet. Bake at 375 for approximately 10-13 minutes. Makes 100 + cookies
Best served with a tall glass of milk and a friend.
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