Chocolate Chip or M & M Oatmeal Cookies

These are really good, I like to use red and green m and m's to replace the chocolate chips and serve them as christmas cookies.

• Ready In: 30 mins
• Yields: 60 cookies

Ingredients

• 2  cups butter
• 4  cups flour
• 2  teaspoons baking soda
• 2  cups sugar
• 5  cups oatmeal, Measure oatmeal and blend In a blender to a fine powder
• 24  ounces chocolate chips
• 2  cups brown sugar
• 1  teaspoon salt
• 4  eggs
• 2  teaspoons baking powder
• 3  cups  nuts, Chopped (your choice)
• 2  teaspoons vanilla

Directions

1. Cream the butter and both sugars.
2. Add eggs and vanilla; mix together with flour, oatmeal, salt, baking powder, and soda.
3. Add chocolate chips, and nuts.
4. Roll into balls and place two inches apart on a cookie sheet. Bake for 10 minutes at 375 degrees.