My friend Laura had the Dishin' Diva's (our freezer meal club) over for a meeting the other night, and she served the best oatmeal cookies I've ever had! Some of our kids were over and they were a hit with both the adults and the kids. Needless to say we all asked for the recipe. The original title is "Gary's Famous Oatmeal Cookies", and her mom is pretty famous for making these in her hometown. With in the week of her sending out the recipe all 5 of us had made them. Ainsley, who was one of the kids over that night, remembered them and coined them "Laura Cookies" for our household. We did a slight variation in the recipe, we substituted ground oatmeal for the whole wheat flour. This recipe makes about 7-9 dozen, but they freeze really well and don't loose any of their flavor when they thaw. They are good straight out of the freezer too.
Enjoy!
Laura Cookies
1 lbs of butter (room temperature)
1 & 1/2 cup brown sugar
1 pkg vanilla instant pudding
4 large eggs
2 & 1/2 cups ground oatmeal* or whole wheat flour
2 tsp baking soda
7 cups oatmeal
1 bag semi sweet chocolate chips (2 cups)
Preheat the oven to 360 degrees. Layer all the ingredients in to a big bowl and mix with an electric mixer, until it has the consistency of coo
kie dough. Bake on non-greased baking sheet for 9 minutes. Let cool on the pan for a couple minutes before moving to a cooling rack.
* to make ground oatmeal just grind regular rolled oats in a food processor or magic bullet until the consistency of flour.
