Mrs. Field's Chocolate Chip Cookies - My Way

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

Ingredients

• 1 cup unsweetened butter, softened
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 large eggs, at room temperature
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups flour
• 2 1/2 cups oatmeal (not instant)
• 1/2 teaspoon salt (optional if using salted butter, or reduce amount of salt)
• 1 teaspoon baking powder (a pinch more to make them softer)
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 12 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1 1/2 cups chopped nuts (any kind)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 in a larger mixing bowl, cream the butter, sugar, eggs and vanilla well.
• 3 pulverize the oatmeal in a blender a little at a time.
• 4 combine dry ingredients in a large bowl.
• 5 combine the wet and dry ingredients.
• 6 stir in the chocolate chips and nuts.
• 7 with your fingers, place golf-ball-sized dough portions, 2" inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet.
• 8 bake 8-9 minutes or until edges are light brown.
• 9 my "healthier" substitutions:.
• 10 for the 2 cups of flour, i use 1 1/2 cups whole wheat pastry or organic oat flour plus 1/2 cup soy flour.
• 11 for the sugar, i substitute fructose.