clementine's oatmeal chocolate chip cookies

Ingredients

• Servings: 5
• 12 ounces ghirardelli semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup unsifted flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
• 3 cups oats, uncooked
• 1 cup walnuts, chopped

Recipe

• preheat oven to 375 degrees f. in a large bowl, beat butter with sugar and brown sugar at medium speed until creamy and lightened in color (about 4 minutes). add vanilla and egg, and mix on low speed until incorporated. stir flour with baking soda, salt, and spices; add to creamed mixture, mixing well. stir in oats. fold in chocolate chips and walnuts. drop by rounded tablespoon ungreased cookie sheets.
• bake 8 to 9 minutes for a chewy cookie, 10 to 11 minutes for a crisp cookie. cool 1 minute on a cookie sheet; remove to wire cooling racks. store in tightly covered container. makes about 6 dozen 2-inch cookies.