Mom’s Cowboy Cookies

• Ingre­di­ents
• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 1 tsp. bak­ing soda
• ¹⁄₂ tsp. salt
• ¹⁄₂ tsp. bak­ing powder
• 2 cups flour
• 2 cups oatmeal
• 2 cups choco­late chips 
  • Option­al: Chopped walnuts

Directions

Pre­heat oven to 350°. Put but­ter, sug­ar, and brown sug­ar in mix­er and mix until creamy. Add eggs and mix until combined.

Add vanil­la, bak­ing soda, salt, and bak­ing pow­der and mix.

While mix­ing, add flour and oat­meal a lit­tle at a time, scrap­ing the side of the bowl as needed.

Turn off mix­er and fold in choco­late chips and wal­nuts by hand.

Drop by large spoon on cook­ie sheet and bake at 350° for 12 — 15 minutes.