Excessively Good Chocolate Chip Cookies

• 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(R)), cut into pieces

1. In a large bowl cream, sugar, butter, and maple syrup. Add eggs and vanilla.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Dough also freezes well.

margarine, vegetable oil, white sugar, brown sugar, eggs, vanilla, maple syrup, allpurpose, baking powder, baking soda, salt, graham cracker crumbs, rolled oats, walnuts, chocolate chips, milk chocolate

Taken from www.allrecipes.com/recipe/10556/excessively-good-chocolate-chip-cookies/ (may not work)