Top Secret Recipes Version of Doubletree Hotel's Chocolate Chip

Heavenly is all I can say!! I had these cookies on a trip many years ago while staying at a Doubletree Hotel (they left one on each pillow each day after cleaning the rooms) and always thought they were "THE BEST" chocolate chip cookies I had ever eaten! I have searched High and Low for a recipe for anything similar to what I had eaten at the Doubletree and recently found this recipe (unfortunately I can't remember where I got the recipe from)and have made them several times since. They are a little more time-consuming than regular chocolate chip cookies but well worth the extra time! This recipe makes extra large cookies. I'm not sure as to the exact prep time and I don't always chill the dough overnight) From Even More Top Secret Recipes.

• Ready In: 18 mins
• Yields: 20 cookies

Ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup rolled oats
• 2 1⁄4 cups flour
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1  teaspoon salt
• 1⁄4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1  cup butter, softened (No Substitutes!)
• 3⁄4 cup  packed brown sugar
• 3⁄4 cup granulated sugar
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 1⁄2 teaspoon lemon juice
• 2  eggs
• 3  cups  semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1 1⁄2 cups  chopped  macadamia nuts

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Grind oats in a food processor or blender until ground fine.
3. Combine ground oats with flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon in a medium bowl.
4. In a separate bowl combine the butter, sugars, vanilla and lemon juice and mix with mixer until combined.
5. Add the eggs and mix until smooth and creamy.
6. Stir the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients and blend well.
7. Add the chocolate chips and macadamia nuts to the dough and mix by hand until ingredients are well mixed.
8. Spoon rounded 1/4 cups full (yes, 1/4 cups!) onto ungreased, nonstick cookie sheet.
9. Place scoops of dough 2" apart (you don't need to press dough flat).
10. Bake 16-18 minutes or until cookies are light brown and soft in the middle.
11. Let cool.
12. Store in sealed container to keep soft.
13. (for best results chill dough overnight).