Colorado Cowboy Cookies

Ingredients:

2 cups all-purpose flour

2 cups of old fashioned oats

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

½ teaspoon baking powder

½ teaspoon salt

½  teaspoon ground cinnamon

2 sticks of unsalted butter, room temperature

2/3 cups firmly packed dark brown sugar

2/3 cups sugar

2 large eggs

1 teaspoon of vanilla extract

1 ½ cup of semisweet chocolate chips

1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts

Instructions:

Preheat the oven to 350 F.

Mix the first 6 dry  ingredients to blend.

Beat the butter and sugars until fluffy. Add eggs and vanilla to combine.

Add the dry ingredients to the butter mixture and mix to blend.

Stir in chocolate chips and nuts.

Cover dough and chill 1/2 hour or overnight.

Form dough into ball, using ¼ cup for each ball. Place on cookie sheet and flatten to 2 inch rounds. Space the rounds 2 inches apart.

Bake at 350 F for 14 minutes or until brown of the edges.

Note: at 7500 Feet (altitude) I modified the recipe by reducing the baking soda to ½ tsp.