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Christmas Avalanche Cookies
Melissa Tokarczyk
This recipe will make approximately 100 cookies!
Ingredients
2 cups of butter
1 teaspoon salt
2 cups of sugar
2 teaspoons of baking powder
2 cups of brown sugar
2 teaspoons of baking soda
4 eggs
4 ounces chocolate chips
2 teaspoons of vanilla
1 bar (8 ounces) Hershey's Chocolate Bar, grated
4 cups of flour
3 cups of chopped pecans
5 cups of oatmeal (blended finely in blender)
Directions
Cream the butter and mix in both kinds of sugar. Add eggs and vanilla. Mix in the flour, oatmeal, salt, baking powder and baking soda until all ingredients are nicely blended. Add chocolate chips, grated chocolate and pecans, then roll into balls and place them 2 inches apart on a cookie sheet. Bake for six minutes at 375 degrees F.
Suggestions
Place the cookie balls on a large platter, stacked in as high a pile as you can get them. Tell your guests to choose their cookies carefully, as taking the wrong cookie can cause them all to come crashing off the tray like an avalanche!