Chewy Chocolate Chip

My son and I like our choc chip chewy while the girls and hubby prefer it chrunchy. I found this recipe years ago,adopted from N Marcus Choc chip story which flying around email.

This is the original recipy

2 cups butter

2 tsp. soda

5 cups blended oatmeal**

2 cups brown sugar

1 8 oz. Hershey Bar (grated)

2 tsp. baking powder

2 tsp. vanilla 4 cups flour
2 cups sugar
24 oz. chocolate chips
1 tsp. salt
4 eggs
3 cups chopped nuts (your choice)
** measure oatmeal and blend in a blender to a fine powder.

Cream the butter and both sugars. Add eggs and vanilla; mix together with flour, oatmeal, salt, baking powder, and soda. Add chocolate chips, Hershey Bar and nuts. Roll into balls and place two inches apart on a cookie sheet. Bake for 10 minutes at 375 degrees.

My version goes like this with bold red ( measurement is halves of the original)

1 cups butter
1 tsp. soda
2.5 cups blended oatmeal roasted

1 cups brown sugar
1 8 oz. cooking choc. bar(grated coarsely)
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. vanilla

2 cups flour
1 cups sugar
12 oz. chocolate chips
1 tsp. salt
2 eggs yolk
1.5 cups chopped nuts ( almond nib)