Mrs. Fields Chocolate Chip Cookies

1 cup butter or margarine
1 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
2 eggs
2 cups ground oatmeal, set aside
2 cups unbleached all- purpose flour
1/2 tsp. salt
2 tsp. baking powder
2 cups of chocolate chips

Preheat the oven to 375* F. Cream together butter, brown sugar, granulated sugar, vanilla, and eggs. In a separate bowl, combine all dry ingredients, adding oatmeal and chocolate chips last.

Mix dry ingredients with wet ingredients. Drop golf ball sized dough on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 10- 12 minutes. Remove cookies from oven and place on cooling rack.
Yield: 3 dozen