Tuesday Tasty Treats

A friend of mine is doing "Tuesday Tasty Treats" where she is going to share a recipe on her blog every Tuesday. What the heck, this will be fun. So here is my Tuesday Tasty Treat (although it is Thursday) Ha!

My Favorite Cookies - aka Blended Oat Chocolate Chip Cookies
These take some work, but are oh so good!

1 cup butter (2 sticks)
1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
2 eggs
2 ½ cups blended oatmeal*
2 cups flour
½ tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. baking powder
2 cups chocolate chips (I use Nestle semi-sweet)
1 - 4 oz Hershey Bar (grated)**
optional 1 ½ cups chopped nuts (your choice)

* Measure oatmeal and blend in a blender until it looks like flour
** Buy the big 5oz Hershey Bar and put it in the fridge - a lot easier to grate when cold : )

Directions
Cream the butter and both sugars.
Add eggs and vanilla.
Mix together with flour, oatmeal, salt, baking powder, and soda.
Stir in chocolate chips, grated Hershey bar and nuts.
Roll into balls and place two inches apart on a cookie sheet.
Bake for 10 minutes at 375 degrees.
(they tend to over cook so take them out, let cool and try one even if they don’t look done)