Name: Neiman Marcus Chocolate Chip Cookie
Ingredients: 2 c Butter; 2 c Sugar; 2 c Brown sugar; 4 Eggs; 2 ts Vanilla; 4 c Flour; 1 ts Salt; 2 ts Baking powder; 24 oz Chocolate chips; 8 oz Hershey bar -- grated; 3 c Walnuts -- chopped; 5 c Blended oatmeal -- * see; Note

How would you finish [this] sentence? “One thing have I desired of the Lord; that will I seek after _________.” What is the greatest desire and longing of your heart? In the answer to that question lies the explanation for much of what we do – our choices, our priorities, our use of time, the way we spend money, the way we respond to pressure, whom or what we love. [King] David’s answer (see Psm. 27:4) reveals why God could say, “This man’s heart beats like mine.”

Nancy Leigh DeMoss

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Eggs, Grains		Cakes, Cookies	112	Servings

INGREDIENTS

2	c	Butter
2	c	Sugar
2	c	Brown sugar
4		Eggs
2	ts	Vanilla
4	c	Flour
1	ts	Salt
2	ts	Baking powder
24	oz	Chocolate chips
8	oz	Hershey bar — grated
3	c	Walnuts — chopped
5	c	Blended oatmeal — * see
		Note

INSTRUCTIONS

Cream butter and sugars.  Add eggs and vanilla.  Mix together with flour,
oatmeal, salt and baking powder and soda.  Add chocolate and nuts. Place 2"
apart.   Bake for 10 minutes and 375°. --Recipe does not say if to roll or
drop--
Recipe By     :
File ftp://ftp.idiscover.co.uk/pub/food/mealmaster/recipes/mmdja006.zip

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