Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

Oh chocolate chip cookies! Everyone has there own version and everyone swears they have the best. Well you may notice that I already had a recipe for "the BEST chocolate chip cookies"... which i still think are really really good. But I have recently found this recipe... the search for it was brought about by a Bobby Flay Throwdown... and they are also the BEST chocolate chip cookies. The Oatmeal in them is what makes them so so yummy... and i think that because they are different, i can have 2 "BEST" chocolate chip cookie recipes. Found this recipe at Bake or Break. 


Ingredients:
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
- 2 large eggs (or 1/2 cup egg beaters)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 1/2 cups flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 1/2 cups uncooked regular oats
- Chocolate chips (i use milk chocolate)
- Pecans (optional of course)

Preheat oven to 375°.
Beat butter at medium speed in a heavy-duty mixer until creamy. Gradually add sugars and beat well. Add eggs and vanilla, beating well. In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder, bakings soda, and salt. Gradually add to butter mixture and beat well.

Process oats in a food processor (or i just used my blender because i dont have one) until finely ground. Add to butter mixture and beat well. Stir in chocolates and pecans.

Drop cookies by tablespoonfuls onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake for 10-15 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool slightly on baking sheets. Then, remove to wire racks to cool completely.