The Best Neighborhood Chocolate Chip Cookies

Our sweet neighbors brought these cookies over after we had Abraham...yummy!

2 1/4 C flour
1/2 C quick oats
1 tsp salt
1 tsp bk soda

3/4 C br sugar
3/4 C sugar
1/2 C butter, softened
1/2 C shortening
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
2 C chocolate chips (Ghiradelli's recommended) plus a little more if desired
1 C walnuts (optional)

-Mix first set of ingreds together well.
-In separate bowl mix sugars, butter, shortening...then add eggs and vanilla until creamy.
-Add in dry ingreds.
-Add in chips and nuts (Connie recommends Ghiradelli chips and leaving walnuts whole and letting your mixer break them up a bit).
-Chill dough at least one hour in fridge.
-Bake at 375 for 10-11 min on baking stone.

Y: 3 doz

Notes from the Baker...Use a scoop to make cookies uniform in size (hers is ~ 4tsp). Do not overbake. Adapt for your oven.

Notes from Angela...I really like these cookies and found cooking them a shorter time at 400 works best in my oven (7-8 min). That makes them thicker and chewy. I tried 350 and 375 temps and ended up with flatter, crispy cookies. I don't add nuts, and have experimented adding various chips. My absolute favorite recipe I just figured out today:). Check it out here...