chocolate chip oatmeal cookies

i make these all the time. out of all the cookie batters i've made, these ones set the best. they always look thick and don't flatten when you take them out of the oven.

recipe
2sticks softened butter
1c brown sugar
1/2c + 2tbs. sugar
2eggs
1tsp. vanilla
2c + 2tbs. flour
3/4tsp. baking soda
1/2tsp. salt (unless you use salted butter)
21/2c oats
2c chocolate chips
1c chopped pecans

preheat oven to 350 degrees. beat sugar and butter together. add one egg at a time. then the vanilla. sift together the remaining ingredients. blend. mix in the oats, chips and pecans. bake by the tablespoons on 2 greased sheets. bake for approx. 14minutes.

this recipe is yet another one from my mom. the batter makes almost two dozen (that is if you don't eat too much of the dough). i have two confessions when i make these cookies. the first is that i have never sifted the dry ingredients. the second is that i've never tried it with the nuts. but now thinking about that, i don't know why i haven't, so stay tuned. i take these cookies out at 12minutes not 14minutes.