House Favourite Chocolate Chip Cookies

Adapted from "Mama Now Cooks Like This!" by Susan Mendelson

Cream together:

1 cup butter

1 cup brown sugar

1 cup white sugar

Gradually add:

2 eggs

2 tsp vanilla

zest of a small orange

Stir in:

1 cup all purpose flour

1 cup spelt flour

1 cup ground oats (simply grind rolled oats in the blender/food processor)

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda

pinch salt

Finally, add:

1 pound dark (semisweet) chocolate chips

1 cup coarsely chopped pecans

Drop by the tablespoonful onto parchment paper covered cookie sheets.

Bake at 350F for 11 minutes, until golden at the edges.