Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies

1¾ cups old-fashioned oatmeal

1 cup flour                         

¾ tsp. baking powder

½ tsp. baking soda                    

½ tsp. salt

10 T. butter, softened         

1 cup packed brown sugar

1 egg

1 tsp. vanilla

4 oz. milk chocolate, melted

1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

1 cup walnuts, chopped

Directions:  Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Place 1 cup oatmeal in food processor and process until well ground like flour, about 30 seconds.  Transfer to a large bowl, and stir in flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.

Cream butter and brown sugar.  Add egg and vanilla and beat until light and fluffy.  Add melted chocolate.  Add flour mixture.  Add remaining ¾ cup oatmeal, chocolate chips and nuts.

Roll 2 T. of dough into balls and space 2” apart on baking sheets.  Bake 13-17 minutes, rotating sheet halfway through baking time, until cookies are cracked and set on top, but look moist within cracks.

Comment:  Better to under-bake than over-bake.