Banana-Walnut Chocolate-Chunk Cookies

You want the most AMAZING oatmeal chocolate-chip cookie ever? Here it is!!! Don't let the title fool you. This is really an oatmeal cookie recipe.

Banana-Walnut Chocolate-Chunk Cookies(Makes about 4 dozen)

1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup whole-wheat flour
1 teaspoon coarse salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 cup unsalted butter, softened
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup packed light-brown sugar
1 large egg
1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
1/2 cup mashed ripe banana
1 cup old-fashioned rolled oats
8 ounces semisweet chocolate, coarsely chopped
1/2 cup coarsely chopped walnuts (optional)

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Whisk together flours, salt, and baking soda in a small bowl; set aside. Put butter and sugars into the bowl of an electric mixer; mix on medium speed until pale and fluffy. Reduce speed to low. Add egg and vanilla; mix until combined. Mix in banana. Add flour mixture; mix until just combined. Stir in oats, chocolate chunks, and walnuts.

2. Drop dough onto baking sheets using a 1 1/2-inch ice cream scoop. Bake cookies until golden brown, about 10-12 minutes. Let cool on wire racks. Cookies can be stored in airtight containers up to 2 days.

There it is! I like to substitute chopped up Hershey Chocolate bars for the semisweet chocolate.
Thank you "Martha Stewart: Cookie of the Month" September 2006.