Chocolate-Oatmeal Chunk Cookies

Great cookie, from Southern Living Magazine, June 1999.

• Ready In: 29 mins
• Yields: 4-5 dozen

Ingredients

• 1  cup butter or 1  cup margarine, softened
• 1  cup  firmly packed brown sugar
• 1⁄2 cup sugar
• 2  large eggs
• 2  teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2  cups all-purpose flour
• 3⁄4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1  teaspoon salt
• 3  cups  uncooked oats
• 1 (11 1/2ounce) package  semisweet chocolate, mega morsels
• 1  cup pecan pieces

Directions

1. Beat butter and sugars at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy.
2. Add eggs and vanilla, beating well.
3. Combine flour, baking soda, and salt; add to butter mixture, mixing well.
4. Stir in oats, morsels, and pecans.
5. Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls unto ungreased baking sheets.
6. Baking at 350º for approximately 9 minutes until golden. Cool slightly on baking sheets; transfer to wire racks to cool completely.