Glad to Give Cookies for Kids Cancer

To help get you in the baking mood, we're compiling cookie recipes from the country's top chefs. Collected from coast to coast, these cookies are sure to put a smile on everyone's face and put money in your collection jar.
Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe
Recipe yields about three dozen cookies

Ingredients
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup packed light brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
3 cups quick-cooking oats
1 cup chopped walnuts
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips

Ingredient Notes
  1. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
  2. In a large bowl, cream together butter, brown sugar, and white sugar until smooth.
  3. Beat in eggs one at a time, then stir in vanilla.
  4. Combine the flour, baking soda, and salt; stir into the creamed mixture until just blended. Mix in the quick oats, walnuts, and chocolate chips.
  5. Drop by heaping spoonfuls onto ungreased baking sheets.
  6. Bake for 12 minutes in the preheated oven.
  7. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

* Joan Cusack was paid spokesperson for the Glad to Give program.