Ingredients
1 cup butter or margarine, soft
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
2 cup sifted all-purpose flour
1 tsp soda
3/4 tsp salt
3 cup quaker oats, uncooked - (quick or o, ld-fashioned)
6 oz semi-sweet chocolate pieces
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
Directions
Beat butter and sugars together until creamy. Blend in eggs and
vanilla. Sift together flour, soda and salt. Add to creamed mixture;
blend well. Stir in oats, chocolate pieces, and walnuts.
Drop by teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cooky sheets. Bake in preheated
moderate oven (375 F) 10 to 12 minutes.
Source: Our Favorites for family and friends (The Quaker Oats Company)
Typed for you by Karen Mintzias
Servings: 72 cookies
Chocolate Chip Cookies (Quaker) Recipe brought to you by Recipe Ideas
Categories: Chocolate; Cookie; Dessert
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