Recipe: No-Fail Chocolate Chippers (cookies using oats and walnuts)

NO-FAIL CHOCOLATE CHIPPERS

2 cups old-fashioned rolled oats, uncooked
1 3/4 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, room temperature
1 cup (packed) brown sugar
1/2 cup sugar
2 large eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup chopped walnuts
1 (11.5 ounce) pkg. (about 2 cups) milk chocolate chips

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.

Finely ground the oats in a food processor. Add the flour, baking soda, and salt. Blend about 5 seconds; set aside.

Beat the butter and both the sugars in a large bowl until well blended. Beat in the eggs and the vanilla. Mix in the dry ingredients. Mix in the walnuts and the chocolate chips. For each cookie, form 2 rounded tablespoons of dough into a ball. Place on an ungreased cookie sheet. Flatten slightly.

Bake until the edges are golden brown, about 12 minutes. Cool on the sheets for 5 minutes. Transfer to wire racks and cool completely.

Makes about 2 dozen
Source: Bon Appetit magazine