Urban Legend Chocolate Chip Cookies

keyboardcat's Note:

This recipe circulated in an "urban legend" email about 5 years ago. As the legend went, a customer in a fancy restaurant asked for a cookie recipe and was charged $250 on their bill for it at the end of the meal. The legend turned out to be false, but these remain the BEST chocolate chip cookies I have ever tasted, and certainly the best to ever come out of my kitchen! NOTE: Do NOT leave out the oats. Even if you don't necessarily like oats in your cookies, they will not bake right without them. Also make sure that the cookies are SMALL - roll them up into balls that are a bit smaller than a golf ball. They don't bake right if you make them too big. Recipe can be halved.

• Total Time: 30 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 112 Cookies

• 2 cups butter (4 sticks)
• 24 ounces ghiardelli 60% cacao baking chocolate chips
• 4 cups flour
• 2 cups brown sugar
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups sugar
• 8 ounces Hershey Bars (grated)
• 5 cups oatmeal , finely ground in blender
• 4 eggs
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 teaspoons vanilla

Directions:

1. Measure oatmeal, and blend in a blender to a fine powder.
2. Cream the butter and both sugars.
3. Add eggs and vanilla.
4. Mix together with flour, oatmeal, salt, baking powder, and soda.
5. Add chocolate chips and Hershey Bar.
6. CHILL DOUGH OVERNIGHT. (This makes a BIG difference!).
7. Roll into balls, and place two inches apart on a cookie sheet.
8. Bake for 10 minutes at 375 degrees.

Reviews

[littlelulu2460]

I was given this cookie recipe years ago and lost it. I'm glad I could find it here. Thank you keyboardcat for posting it. All I can say about the cookies is they are KILLER!! So, so good.