Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Mud Cookies

I made these as the recipe instructed and they looked like the cookies on the left. Perfectly yummy. Easy to make and I was quite content with this new recipe. Then Andi piped up and said something about melting chocolate bars into them. So I got 2 dark chocolate Dove bars, melted them and stirred them through the remaining batter. Which resulted in the cookies on the right - which I thought looked like mud balls. I like the left better. All 4 kids liked the right better. I suppose either way, you can't go wrong.

1 cup butter
1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 1/2 cup oatmeal, ground in blender (measure then grind)
12 ounces chocolate chips (I used chunks instead of chips)


Cream butter and sugars. Add eggs and vanilla mix until well
combined. Add dry ingredients including oatmeal. Mix well
and then add chocolate chips and nuts. Bake at 375 degrees
for 10-11 minutes.