Tasty Tuesday: Our Favorite Cookie Recipe

When we first brought the kids home our church graciously brought us meals for 2 weeks.  Our friend Melissa made these cookies for us as part of her meal and man they were good.  Since that cookie encounter I have made this recipe over and over again.   According to Justin it's the best cookie recipe of all time.  It makes a ton of cookies (around 100), so I will roll them into balls and freeze them in ziplocks for use later.  It's been great to have cookie dough on hand for unexpected guests or unplanned outings where I needed to bring something.  I like to mix in different chips each time I make them like butterscotch, peanut butter, chocolate chip, and dark chocolate chip to mix things up.  After baking for 10 minutes, let them sit on the pan for 5 minutes or so before taking them off the cookie sheet.

Neiman-Marcus $250 Chocolate Chip Cookies:

Ingredients

• 2 cups butter
• 4 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 2 cups sugar
• 5 cups blended oatmeal
• 24 ounces chocolate chips
• 2 cups packed brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 (8 ounce) Hershey Bars ( grated)
• 4 large eggs
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 3 cups chopped nuts ( your choice)

Directions

1. Measure oatmeal and blend in a blender to a fine powder.
2. Cream the butter and both sugars.
3. Add eggs and vanilla.
4. Mix together with flour, oatmeal, salt, baking powder and soda.
5. Add chocolate chips, grated Hershey Bar and nuts.
6. Roll into 1 inch balls and place 2-inches apart on a cookie sheet.
7. Bake for 10 minutes at 375° or until golden.