The Ultimate Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe



First some note on the ingredients. The oatmeal should be run though a blender until it is very fine. The chocolate bar that you need to grate is the kind you buy to eat on the way home from the grocery store, use your favorite, but you will need to buy a pretty big one. Chocolate also grates easier if it is nice and cold.
For the recipe, start out by creaming the butter and lard (you can vary the ratio of these a little) with the sugars. Add in the eggs and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda, salt, baking powder, and oatmeal, then mix it into the batter. Thoroughly mix in the grated chocolate bar, then add in the chocolate chips (and nuts if you like.)
Bake as usual, at about 375 degrees for roughly 10 minutes depending on the size of your cookies. 
3/4 cup Butter
1/4 cup Lard
1 cup White Sugar
1 cup Brown Sugar
2 Eggs
1 tsp Vanilla
2 cup Unbleached Flour
2 1/2 cups Oatmeal (thoroughly blended)
1 tsp Baking Soda
1 tsp Salt
1 tsp Baking Powder
12 oz  Milk Chocolate Chips (one bag)
4-6oz Finely Grated Chocolate Bar
1 1/2 cup Chopped nuts (very optional)

Brownies made with cocoa
Ingredients
¾ cup butter
1 ½ cup sugar
2 teaspoon vanilla
3 eggs
¾ cups flour
½ cup cocoa powder
1 teaspoon baking powder
3 oz / 100 g chopped pecans or walnuts (optional)
   

Method
1. Preheat oven to 180 deg C / 350 deg F / Gas mark 4.
2. Line a 33 x 23 cm / 13 x 9 in cake tin with greaseproof or other non-stick paper and grease the tin.
3. Melt the butter.
4. Beat eggs with sugar, and add vanilla, flour, cocoa, baking powder and melted butter.
5. Add chopped nuts.
6. Bake at 350 degrees for 20-30 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
7. Cool the cake. Dust with powdered sugar or glace with your favorite chocolate frosting.

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I knew how I felt
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Your grip was so tight
The first time you kissed me
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You standing there
with your bright eyes and dark hair
Just waiting to melt in my mouth
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Us laying away
Just passing the day
I had so much to do
But I did not care
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Your tongue licking my breast
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So I'll see you in July
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