5 cups oatmeal
4 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp salt
2 tsp baking soda
2 tsp baking powder
2 cups (1 pound) butter, softened
2 cups sugar
1 and 3/4 cups brown sugar (depending on how sweet you like them)
4 eggs
2 tsp vanilla
24 ounces (4 cups) semisweet chocolate chips
1 Hershey bar (7 ounces), cut into small chunks, or 1 1/2 cups milk chocolate chips
2 and 1/2 cups finely chopped walnuts or pecans
Preheat over to 375.
Grind oatmeal to a fine flour in a blender or food processor. Set aside. Sift together flour, salt, baking soda and powder. Set aside.
Cream together butter, sugar and brown sugar. Mix in eggs, one at a time, and then vanilla. Alternately add flour mixture and ground oatmeal, stirring after each addition. Add chocolate and nuts.
Shape dough into disks about 2 inches wide and 1/2 inch thick. Place on ungreased cookie sheets, allowing room to spread. Bake at 375 degrees for about 12 minutes. Transfer to racks to cool.