Marty's Chocolate Chip Cookies

2 cups butter
4 cups flour
2 tsp baking soda
2 cups sugar
5 cups blended oatmeal (measure, then blend)
24 oz chocolate chips
2 cups brown sugar
1 tsp salt
1- 8 oz Hershey bar, grated
4 eggs
2 tsp baking powder
2 tsp vanilla
3 cups chopped nuts

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.
Yields 112 cookies; recipe may be halved.