Smoky Mountain Cookies by Sherie
Aug 12th 2024
Ingredients:
- 2-1/2 cup quick oats
- 2 cup plain flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 4 ounce Hershey's chocolate bars, refrigerated
- 1 cup butter or margarine
- 1 cup light brown sugar, packed
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 (12-oz.) package chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup pecans, chopped
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Measure
the oats, and place in a small bowl. Using a food processor with a
steel blade or blender, pulverize small amounts of oats until all oats
are powdered. In a large bowl, sift the flour, baking powder, baking
soda, and salt. Stir in the powdered oats until well blended. Coarsely
grate the cold Hershey's chocolate bars; then place in a cool area. In
an electric mixer, cream the butter and both sugars. Add eggs, one at a
time, beating between each addition; then beat in the vanilla. Slowly
beat in the flour/oat mixture until blended. By hand, stir in the
chocolate chips, grated chocolate bars, and pecans; mix well. Prepare a
9- x 13-inch baking dish with spray-oil. Roll the cookies into golf
ball-size rolls. Place cookies on baking pan at least 2-inches apart,
to give spreading room. Bake in the preheated oven for about 12 to 14
minutes. Immediately remove cookies from baking pan to a wire rack to
cool. Cookies should cool separately, not stacked. Makes 50 cookies.