Mrs. Fields oatmeal cookies

Cream together:
2 cups butter
2 cups sugar
2 cups brown sugar

Add:
4 eggs
2 tsp vanilla

Mix together and add to the above ingredients:
4 cups flour
5 cups oatmeal (blended till fine)
1 tsp salt
2 tsp baking powder
2 tsp baking soda

Mix together all ingredients. Add 24 oz bag of chocolate chips, 8 oz hershey bar (finely grated), 3 cups chopped nuts. (these are all optional. I usually make 1/2 the batch with nuts and the other 1/2 with chocolate chips)

Baked on ungreased cookie sheet 375 for 9-11 minutes. Makes about 112 cookies.

The best Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients:

1 cup butter, softened

1 cup white sugar

1 cup packed brown sugar

2 eggs

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

3 cups flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

2 teaspoons hot water

1/2 teaspoon salt

2 cups chocolate chips

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees

2. Cream together the butter, white sugar, and brown sugar until smooth. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla. Dissolve baking soda in hot water. Add to batter along with salt. Stir in flour and chocolate chips. Drop by large spoonfuls onto ungreased pans.

3. Bake for about 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until edges are nicely browned.