Best Soft Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe

This has to be THE best cookie I've ever tasted! Our friend Chris baked these delicious cookies and was kind enough to send over a batch. Did I mention Chris is my new BFF! Here is the recipe, do try them and let me know what you think. Thanks Chris!

Absolutely Amazing Soft Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe

This wonderful, soft chocolate chip cookie recipe is a variant of the urban legend about a person who supposedly asked Mrs. Fields or Neiman Marcus for their secret chocolate chip cookie recipe.

Difficulty: Medium

Ingredients and Instructions:

1. Cream:
2 cups butter or margarine (1 pound)

2 cups white sugar

2 cups brown sugar

1 tsp. salt

2 tsp. vanilla

2. Then mix in one by one
4 eggs

3. Next mix in
4 cups flour

2 tsp. baking soda

2 tsp. baking powder

4. And then add
5 cups "blended" oatmeal (process 5 cups of oatmeal, regular or quick cooking, in your food processor or blender until the consistency of course flour)

5. Next, add
1 12 ounce bag semi-sweet chocolate chips

1 12 ounce bag semi-sweet chocolate chunks (or use another bag of chips)

1 12 ounce bag milk chocolate chips

3 cups chopped pecans or walnuts

6. Roll the chocolate chip cookie dough into golf-ball-sized balls (or use ice cream scoop) and bake for around 10 minutes at 375°. They will be browned but still soft inside.

Note: You can also substitute brickle chips or peanut butter chips for the nuts or some of the other chips.

The recipe comes from Extreme Chocolate