RUTH SMITH'S FAMOUS COOKIES

This recipe claims to make 75-100 cookies, but at my house, the raw dough gets eaten before that can ever be proven!!! ~Carolyn

Preheat oven to 400 degrees or 375 convection

Cream:
2 c. soft butter
2 c. brown sugar
2 c. sugar

Add:
4 eggs

Add:
1 t. salt
2 t. baking powder
2 t. baking soda
2 t. vanilla

Add:
5 c. flour
then 2 more cups of flour=7 cups (dough should not be too sticky to handle)

FOR OATMEAL COOKIES

Add:
3 c. flour
4 c. instant oats (instead of 7 cups of flour)

Now comes the fun optional part...

2-4 chopped up Hershey bars with a bag of milk chocolate chips
or
2 bags milk chocolate chips
3 c. nuts (pecans, almonds or walnuts)
3 c. raisins
3 c. coconut

I would only add 2-3 of the above, or it might not be doughy enough, you know?

Form golf ball sized balls (I use a large cookie dough scoop) and place on cookie sheet 2" apart. Mash slightly. Bake 6 minutes or until lightly browned.