My Favorite Chocolate Chip Cookies

I have worked on this recipe for a long time, it is kind of a work in progress. The thing I like about it is I can add or change ingredients based on what am in the mood for...

Cathy's Chocolate Chip Cookies

5 cups white flour
2 tsp baking soda
2 tsp salt
2 cups butter (please don't substitute on this one)
1 1/2 cup brown sugar
1 1/2 cup white sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp almond extract (the real stuff please)
1-1 1/2 cups oatmeal
4 large eggs
2 cups mini chocolate chips
2 cups nuts
1 cup coconut

Cream butter and sugars.
Add eggs 1 at a time and mix well.
Add vanilla and almond extracts.
Add soda, salt and oatmeal.
Add flour 1 cup at a time. Sometimes it takes a little extra flour to get the cakiness of the cookies just right, so experiment.
Add chocolate chips, coconut and nuts.
Drop by teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets.
Bake in a 375 degree oven or 350 degree convection oven for 8-10 minutes until light brown.

Now for the best part, you can substitute. Sometimes I do pecans and chocolate chips, sometimes white chocolate chips and macadamia nuts and orange flavored craisins for this one I change the almond extract to vanilla. Another fun one is to use hazelnuts and just 1 cup of chocolate chips semi sweet and then make sandwiche cookies using nutella as the filling. There are so many things you can do just use your imagination. Let me know what your favorite combination is.

Next recipe is the homemade bread recipe I found, you will never want store bought again...