excessively good chocolate chip cookies

Ingredients

• Servings: 130
• 1 cup margarine
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 2 cups white sugar
• 2 cups packed brown sugar
• 4 eggs
• 3 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 tablespoons real maple syrup
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup finely ground graham cracker crumbs
• 5 cups rolled oats
• 3 cups chopped walnuts
• 2 (12 ounce) packages semisweet chocolate chips
• 1 (7 ounce) bar milk chocolate candy bar (such as hershey's®), cut into pieces

Recipe

• in a large bowl cream, sugar, butter, and maple syrup. add eggs and vanilla.
• grind the oats in a food processor to a coarse texture. mix the dry ingredients together (except chocolate) and pour in half, add the cracker crumbs and nuts, mix well and add the rest of the dry ingredients. note: you can use any one of the following kinds of nuts: peanuts, almonds, pecans, walnuts, filberts, cashews or chestnuts.
• add the chocolate chips and chocolate pieces last and form into small balls and place on a ungreased cookie sheet 3 inches apart. press the cookies flat.
• bake for 10 to 12 minutes at 350 degrees f (175 degrees c). dough also freezes well.