Oatmeal-Chocolate-Pecan Cookies

(This recipe may be halved. The recipe makes a huge mixing bowl of cookie dough).

Ingredients:

1 cup butter

1 cup shortening

2 cups granulated sugar

2 cups brown sugar

4 eggs, at room temperature

2 teaspoons vanilla

4 cups all-purpose flour

5 cups quick-cook oats

1 teaspoon salt

2 teaspoons baking powder

2 teaspoons baking soda

1 package (24 ounces) chocolate chips

1 Hershey bar (8 ounces), grated

3 cups pecans, chopped (walnuts may be substituted, if desired)

Directions:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

In your largest mixing bowl, cream butter, shortening, and both sugars. Slowly add the following ingredients one by one and continue blending: eggs, vanilla, flour, oats, salt, baking powder, soda, chocolate chips, grated Hershey bar, pecans.

Roll into balls and place 2" apart on a cookie sheet. If you're using the full recipe, it will fill about 3 cookies sheets. Bake at 375 degrees for 10 minutes.

These can easily be frozen and served later.

Yields: 112 cookies