I forgot that Rex asked about the recipe I used for the cookies I baked for my students.  Chances are that he was trying to needle me a little, but it’s a great recipe.  It’s the infamous Neiman Marcus cookie recipe, which comes attached with an urban legend.  I’ll spare the legend because it doesn’t matter.  The cookies are boss, and here’s the recipe.
2 cups butter
4 cups flour
2 tsp. soda
2 cups sugar
5 cups blended oatmeal**
24 oz. chocolate chips
2 cups brown sugar
1 tsp. salt
1 8 oz. Hershey Bar (grated)
4 eggs
2 tsp. baking powder
3 cups chopped nuts (your choice)
2 tsp. vanilla

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. Makes 112 cookies.
** measure oatmeal and blend in a blender to a fine powder.
The nuts are optional, but they work well.  I didn’t use nuts this time because people who like nuts can do without better than the converse.  Either way, these are really good cookies.  Might wanna give ’em a run.  The students loved these, even though they didn’t come out nearly as well as when I made them last year.