recipes@glacier.ARPA (USENET mod.recipes) (12/21/85)
.RH MOD.RECIPES-SOURCE MRSFIELDS-CHOC D "10 DEC 85" .RZ "MRS. FIELDS COOKIES" "Chocolate Chip Cookies like Mrs. Fields makes" These cookies are a combination of oatmeal and chocolate chip. They are very rich, but very tasty. The recipe was obtained from a friend of a friend, who supposedly paid a large amount of money for it. However, I they do not taste \fBexactly\fR the same as the name brand. .IH "Yield approximately 60" .IG "2 cups" "butter" .IG "2 cups" "sugar" (granulated white) .IG "2 cups" "brown sugar" (dark brown) .IG "4" "eggs" (large\(emuse 5 if medium) .IG "2 tsp." "vanilla extract" .IG "4 cups" "flour" (sift before measuring) .IG "5 cups" "oatmeal" (this should be powdered finely) A blender works fine. The blender chops the oatmeal finer than a food processor. .IG "1 tsp." "salt" .IG "2 tsp." "baking soda" .IG "2 tsp." "baking powder" .IG "24 oz" "chocolate chips" (being a purist, I prefer TOLL HOUSE morsels) .IG "8 oz" "Hershey Bar" (again, finely grated.) The chocolate should melt at the touch of your fingers. A blender works best. .IG "3 cups" "chopped nuts" .sp 0 I prefer walnuts, but you can use your favorite type. .PH .SK 1 Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit. .SK 2 Cream together the butter and the sugars. .SK 3 Sift together flour, oatmeal, salt, soda, powder, and powdered chocolate. .SK 4 Add eggs and vanilla to creamed sugar and butter. .SK 5 Mix chocolate chips and nuts into mixture. .SK 6 Drop by onto ungreased cookie sheet in teaspoon-sized drops. .SK 7 Bake 6 minutes or until done. .NX I prefer my cookies just barely done, so that they remain chewy. If you want to send your taste buds into heaven, butter the cookies as they come out of the oven (still hot), and eat them still warm with a glass of \fBcold\fR milk. .PP Note that powdered chocolate, otherwise known as cocoa, is not the same thing as a shredded chocolate bar. Note also that oatmeal is not the same thing as quick-cooking oats or instant oatmeal. Oatmeal means ``rolled oats'' or ``steel-cut oats''. .WR From: sks (Sam Spitzner) Organization: Illinois Bell, Chicago, Illinois Email address: ihnp4!ilunix!sks Snail address: 225 W. Randolph, HQ17B, Chicago, Il. 60606 Voice: (312) 727-5129