Double Chocolate Sprinkle Cookies

With all this cold weather I've been baking a lot!  Mom bought me a copy of Taste of Home Baking Classics cook book, one of my favorite recipes in it is these cookies. I have been tweeking with it a bit and have found that it is very versatile, you can custom fit it to suit your moods. I have many!

1 cup butter, softened

1 cup sugar

1 cup packed brown sugar

2 eggs

1 tsp. vanilla extract

2 1/2 cups old-fashioned oats

2 cups flour

1 tsp. baking soda

1 tsp. baking powder

1/2 tsp. salt

2 cups chocolate chips

1 1/2 cups walnuts

1 cup chocolate sprinkles

In Kitchen-Aid, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla.

Place oats in a blender, cover and process until finely ground. Combine the oats,flour baking soda, baking powder and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture. Stir in chocolate chips, walnuts and sprinkles.

Drop 1-1/2" balls, 2" apart on Silpat lined cookie sheet. Bake @ 350 for 12 minutes.

Now the fun substitutions. Instead of walnuts, chocolate chips and sprinkles try white chips and macadamia nuts. Or try butterscotch chips and no nuts. I haven't tried raisins yet but I think anything would work well with the finely ground oats. The recipe sugests flattening the cookies with a glass before baking, but I think not. Here is how they look when they are baked in a ball. I like the texture better this way.