Sunday, September 13, 2009

Neiman Marcus cOoKiEs

2 cups butter
2 cups granulated sugar
2 cups packed brown sugar
4 eggs
2 tsp. vanilla extract
5 cups oatmeal(You can use instant oatmeal or you can put the oatmeal in a blender and grind to a fine powder for a less Oatmeal cookie-like cookie)
4 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp. salt
2 tsp. baking powder
2 tsp. baking soda
24 oz. chocolate chips
1 8oz. Hershey Bar - grated
3 cups chopped nuts your choice

-Cream together butter and sugars.
-Beat eggs and vanilla into creamed sugars.
-Combine oatmeal, flour, salt, baking powder, and baking soda.
-Slowly beat dry mixture into wet mixture.
-Stir in chocolate chips, grated chocolate, and nuts.
-Roll dough into 1" balls and place 2" apart on an ungreased cookie sheet.
-Bake in a 375 degree oven for 10 minutes.

Makes 112 cookies(may be halved)

Bio: Over the summer I did a 6 week program with our ward where we earned points by "Being our best self" I accumulated points and used them to win a batch of these cookies and a few other wonderful things at the Service Auction at the end of the 6 weeks. Darnell gave me the recipe so I wanted to share it with all of you. They are delicious! oh, and it makes a ton so you might want to half the recipe.