Please Can I Have That Cookie Recipe?

That's what I said the first time I tasted these cookies, and that's what I hear every time they are served. Quite possibly, these are some of the best cookies on the planet. I played with the recipe I was given and tried to make them nutritious enough to serve as a guiltless treat for my kids...and the grownups too.

Oatmeal Walnut Chocolate Chip Cookies:

2 sticks unsalted butter

1 cup of sucanat

2 eggs

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

1 1/4 cups oat flour (or whole wheat)

1/2 tsp baking soda

1 tsp kosher or sea salt

3 cups rolled oats

2 cups finely chopped walnuts

2 cups Nestle's milk chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 325 degrees

In a small bowl, mix together flour, baking soda, salt and nuts. Set aside.

In a large bowl, cream together butter and sucanat with electric hand mixer.

Beat in eggs one at a time, then stir in vanilla.

Add flour mixture and stir together until wet.

Add oats and chocolate chips and combine with a wooden spoon until evenly mixed together.

With a cookie scoop or teaspoon, drop on ungreased baking sheets.

Bake for 12 minutes. Allow to cool for 5 minutes before removing from baking sheet.

Variation:

Omit the chocolate chips and walnuts.

Add 1 tsp cinnamon, 2 cups finely chopped pecans, 1 cup craisins, 1 cup chopped dried apples.