Chewy Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies

This is a recipe that Bridgette brought home after making in her middle school teen living class.  (I think that is the same thing I had in junior high school that was called home economics.)  These have been a family favorite for years and years.

Ingredients:
1 cup softened butter
1 1/4 cups brown sugar
1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs
12 teaspoon salt
2 1/2 cups oats
1 package chocolate chips
1 cup chopped nuts
2 Tablespoons milk
2 teaspoons vanilla flavoring
1 1/3 cups plain flour
1 teaspoon baking soda

Directions:

• Heat oven to 375 degrees.
• Combine flour, soda, and salt and mix well.
• Beat butter and sugars till creamy.
• Beat in eggs, milk, and vanilla.
• Add flour combination.
• Stir in oats, chips, and nuts.
• Drop by rounded Tablespoon-fulls onto an ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake 9-10 minutes for a chewy cookie.  If you prefer a crisp cookie, bake 12-13 minutes.
• Cool 1 minute on the cookie sheet.
• Remove to wire rack.
• Cool completely.
• Store tightly covered.

Makes 4 1/2 dozen cookies.