NOT Mrs. Field’s Chocolate Chip Cookies

1 cup softened butter
1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
2 ½ cups oatmeal, powdered in a food processor or a blender
½ tsp. Salt
1 tsp. Baking powder
1 tsp. Baking soda
1 tsp. Vanilla
2 cups flour
12 oz. Chocolate chips
1 Hershey bar (4 oz.), finely grated – optional
1 ½ cups nuts, chopped

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Cream butter and sugars. Blend in eggs. Add powdered oatmeal and mix.
Sift together salt, baking powder, baking soda, vanilla and flour. Add in batches to creamed ingredients. Batter will be very stiff – you might need to use a spoon or your hands. Mix in the chips, grated chocolate and nuts.
Place golf-ball size pieces of dough 2 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet. Do not mash flat. Bake 8 minutes. Do not overbake. Cookies will not look done, but overbaking ruins them. This is a soft cookie.